Reef lobsters
Enoplometopus daumi, purple reef lobster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Astacidea Superfamily: Enoplometopoidea De Saint Laurent, 1988 Family: Enoplometopidae De Saint Laurent, 1988 Genus: Enoplometopus A. Milne Edwards, 1862
Species
E. antillensis Lütken, 1865 E. callistus Intès and Le Loeuff, 1970 E. chacei Kensley and Child, 1986 E. crosnieri Chan and Yu, 1998 E. daumi Holthuis, 1983 E. debelius Holthuis, 1983 E. gracilipes (De Saint Laurent, 1988) E. holthuisi Gordon, 1968 E. occidentalis (Randall, 1840) E. pictus A. Milne Edwards, 1862 E. voigtmanni Türkay, 1989

Reef lobsters (genus Enoplometopus) constitute a single family of small lobsters that live on coral reefs in tropical parts of the world's oceans. They are generally brightly coloured, with stripes or spots in shades of red, orange and pink; as a result, some species are gaining popularity in the aquarium trade. Image File history File linksMetadata Enoplometopus_antillensis. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Animalia redirects here. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Classes Remipedia Cephalocarida Branchiopoda Ostracoda Maxillopoda Malacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum. ... Subclasses Eumalacostraca Hoplocarida Phyllocarida See text for orders. ... Suborders Dendrobranchiata Pleocyemata See text for superfamilies. ... Infraorders Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia, divided into: Polychelida Achelata Glypheoidea Astacidea Thalassinidea Anomala Brachyura Pleocyemata is a sub-order of decapod crustaceans, erected by Martin Burkenroad in 1963. ... Superfamilies see text Astacidea is a group of decapod crustaceans including lobsters, crayfish and their close relatives. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alphonse Milne-Edwards (October 13, 1835 _ April 21, 1900) was a French ornithologist. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis (born April 21, 1921) is a Dutch carcinologist. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis (born April 21, 1921) is a Dutch carcinologist. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Gordon may refer to any of the following: Gordon is a traditional Scottish clan name (see Clan Gordon) and it is now a common given name and a less common surname. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... John W. Randall (1813 – 1892) was a American doctor and carcinologist. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alphonse Milne-Edwards (October 13, 1835 _ April 21, 1900) was a French ornithologist. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... For the magazine, see Lobster (magazine) Subfamilies and Genera Neophoberinae Acanthacaris Thymopinae Nephropsis Nephropides Thymops Thymopsis Nephropinae Homarus Nephrops Homarinus Metanephrops Eunephrops Thymopides Clawed lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans. ... Some of the biodiversity of a coral reef. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... Oceans (from Okeanos in Greek) are saline waters that cover almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth. ... Red may be any of a number of similar colours at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nanometres. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... For other uses, see Aquarium (disambiguation). ...

Reef lobsters are distinguished from clawed lobsters (family Nephropidae) by having full claws (chelae) only on the first pair of pereiopods, the second and third pairs being only semi-chelate (where the last segment of the appendage can press against a short projection from the penultimate one). Males, unlike those of nephropoid lobsters, have an extra lobe on the second pleopod, which is assumed to have some function in reproduction. Clawed lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae) of large marine crustaceans. ... A claw is a curved pointed appendage, found at the end of a toe or finger or, in arthropods, of the tarsus. ... Antennules Pereiopods Carapace Pleopods Uropods Telson The body of a decapod crustacean is made up of nineteen body segments grouped into two main body parts, the cephalothorax and the abdomen. ... An appendage is, in general, an external body part that projects from the body, or a natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism. ... Antennules Pereiopods Carapace Pleopods Uropods Telson The body of a decapod crustacean is made up of nineteen body segments grouped into two main body parts, the cephalothorax and the abdomen. ... For other uses, see Reproduction (disambiguation) Reproduction is the biological process by which new individual organisms are produced. ...

Although there is no fossil record of reef lobsters, there is some evidence that they may be related to, or descended from, the extinct family Erymidae which lived from the late Triassic to the mid-Cretaceous. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fossil. ... In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ... The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 200 Ma (million years ago). ... The Cretaceous Period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic Period (i. ...

References

• Michèle de Saint Laurent (1988): Enoplometopoidea, nouvelle superfamille de Crustacés Décapodes Astacidea. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t. 307, Série III, p. 59-62.

• Poupin, J (2003): Reef lobsters Enoplometopus A. Milne Edwards, 1862 from French Polynesia, with a brief revision of the genus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Enoplometopidae). Zoosystema 25(4): 643-664.