taxonID	type	description	language	source
EC5B87E3FF9D227F029FFA3CD0EEFEA6.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 2, Tab. 1)	en	Gašparič, Rok, Tshudy, Dale, Chan, Tin-Yam, Ćorić, Stjepan (2023): Validation of Metanephrops serendipitus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae), a deep-water lobster from lower Miocene of Meljski hrib (Maribor, Slovenia). Zootaxa 5323 (3): 440-442, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9
EC5B87E3FF9D227F029FFA3CD0EEFEA6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the serendipitous find of the holotype carapace, which was found five years later than the associated chelipeds from the same location. Used as a noun in apposition.	en	Gašparič, Rok, Tshudy, Dale, Chan, Tin-Yam, Ćorić, Stjepan (2023): Validation of Metanephrops serendipitus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae), a deep-water lobster from lower Miocene of Meljski hrib (Maribor, Slovenia). Zootaxa 5323 (3): 440-442, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9
EC5B87E3FF9D227F029FFA3CD0EEFEA6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Medium-sized Metanephrops with robust body and long, slender, almost equal chelae. Carapace spinulose, with three teeth on supraorbital carinae and three pairs of robust, wide, spinulose carinae on branchiostegite; intermediate carina dividing into two separate ridges; antennal spine ornamented with rounded pits with raised posterior rim, themselves appearing spinulose. Abdominal tergites marked by transverse groove, especially on tergites 2 and 3, each also bearing concave “ eyebrow ” furrow and bilobate tergite-pleuron boundary; tergite cuticle coarsely pitted. Tailfan spinulose; telson sub-rectangular, with spines at postero-lateral angles and pair of submedian spines in anterior part. First pair of pereiopods long, slender, more than twice carapace length; fingers as long as palm; occlusal margin of pollex adorned with row of small, sharp teeth, every fifth tooth larger than remainder, with single large triangular tooth at proximal one-quarter.	en	Gašparič, Rok, Tshudy, Dale, Chan, Tin-Yam, Ćorić, Stjepan (2023): Validation of Metanephrops serendipitus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae), a deep-water lobster from lower Miocene of Meljski hrib (Maribor, Slovenia). Zootaxa 5323 (3): 440-442, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9
EC5B87E3FF9D227F029FFA3CD0EEFEA6.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. The holotype is RGA / SMNH 2295 (cephalothorax and abdomen) (Fig. 1), together with RGA / SMNH 2296 (tail fan) and RGA / SMNH 1590 / 1591 (chelipeds) (Fig. 1).	en	Gašparič, Rok, Tshudy, Dale, Chan, Tin-Yam, Ćorić, Stjepan (2023): Validation of Metanephrops serendipitus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae), a deep-water lobster from lower Miocene of Meljski hrib (Maribor, Slovenia). Zootaxa 5323 (3): 440-442, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9
EC5B87E3FF9D227F029FFA3CD0EEFEA6.taxon	description	Measurements of holotype. See Table 1.	en	Gašparič, Rok, Tshudy, Dale, Chan, Tin-Yam, Ćorić, Stjepan (2023): Validation of Metanephrops serendipitus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae), a deep-water lobster from lower Miocene of Meljski hrib (Maribor, Slovenia). Zootaxa 5323 (3): 440-442, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9
EC5B87E3FF9D227F029FFA3CD0EEFEA6.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Meljski hrib, Maribor (Slovenia). Stratigraphical age. Early Miocene (Ottnangian / Karpatian; nannofossil biozone NN 4 (Martini 1971 )). Remarks. A full description, figures and discussions of Metanephrops serendipitus are given by Gašparič et al. (2021).	en	Gašparič, Rok, Tshudy, Dale, Chan, Tin-Yam, Ćorić, Stjepan (2023): Validation of Metanephrops serendipitus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae), a deep-water lobster from lower Miocene of Meljski hrib (Maribor, Slovenia). Zootaxa 5323 (3): 440-442, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9
