Eunephrops manningi

Eunephrops manningi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Eunephrops
Species: E. manningi
Binomial name
Eunephrops manningi
Holthuis, 1974 [2]

Eunephrops manningi, the banded lobster,[3] is a species of lobster found in the Florida Straits and off the coast of Anguilla. It was named in 1974 by Lipke Holthuis after his good friend Raymond B. Manning.[4] It grows to a length of 15 centimetres (6 in) (carapace length 4–7 cm or 1.6–2.8 in) and lives at depths of 450–550 metres (1,480–1,800 ft).[5] While it is large enough to be a target for commercial lobster fishing, this is precluded by its rarity, only three specimens having ever been collected.[5] It can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the lack of post-cervical spines on the carapace, and by the presence of only transverse grooves on the body segments of the abdomen.[5]

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