title: Taxonomic note: the fossil clawed lobster, Metanephrops elongatus Hu & Tao, 2000 (Nephropidae), is a nomen dubium but definitely not a Metanephrops.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geosciences, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Pennsylvania 16412, U.S.A.; Email: dtshudy@edinboro.edu.
authors.forename: Dale
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tshudy
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology and Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan.; Email: tychan@mail.ntou.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Tin-Yam
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005580:Fossils; D008121:Nephropidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D013045:Species Specificity