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A SURVEY of the northern part of the South China Sea recently carried out by R.V. Cape St. Mary, of the Fisheries Research Station, Hong Kong, has shown that considerable numbers of Nephrops spp. (Crustacea Decapoda Macrura) are present in this region. Four species have so far been obtained: N. thompsoni Bate, N. sagamiensis Paris, and two which are new1. The most abundant species is Nephrops thompsoni Bate, previously known only from the original specimen obtained by the Challenger Expedition and a second specimen from Formosa2. One of the new species is almost equally abundant.
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BRUCE, A. Distribution of the Genus Nephrops (Crustacea Decapoda Macrura) in the Indo-Pacific Region. Nature 209, 535 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209535a0
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