Thymops
| Thymops birsteini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Nephropidae |
| Genus: | Thymops Holthuis, 1974 |
| Species: | T. birsteini |
| Binomial name | |
| Thymops birsteini (Zarenkov & Semenov, 1972) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nephropides birsteini Zarenkov & Semenov, 1972 | |
Thymops birsteini, the Patagonian lobsterette, is a species of lobster found around the coasts of South America, particularly the South Atlantic. It belongs to the monotypic genus Thymops.