Nephrops and Metanephrops are commercially exploited genera within the family Nephropidae (clawed lobsters). Commercial fisheries for each genus exist in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and utilise trawling or trapping for capture. Despite a relative

A phylogenetic analysis of all 17 extant species of the clawed lobster genus Metanephrops based on mitochondrial 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase I, and nuclear histone H3 gene sequences supports the morphological groupings of two of the

The New Zealand scampi (Metanephrops challengeri) is a valuable commercial seafood species which is trawled from deep waters around New Zealand. This study was initiated to determine if adults could be held in captivity and larvae raised to post-larvae