Nephropoidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of lobsters}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|279|0}} Middle Permian - present

| name = Nephropoidea

| image = Nephropsis rosea.jpg

| image_caption = Nephropsis rosea

| taxon = Nephropoidea

| authority = Dana, 1852

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision =

• Nephropidae Dana, 1852
• †Chilenophoberidae Tshudy & Babcock, 1997
• †Protastacidae Albrecht, 1983
• †Stenochiridae Beurlen, 1928

}}

Nephropoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans. It contains the true lobsters in the Nephropidae (including the rare thaumastochelid lobsters), and three fossil families: Chilenophoberidae, Protastacidae and Stenochiridae.{{cite journal |journal = Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2009 |volume = Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title = A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf|display-authors=etal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805054838/https://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf|archive-date=August 5, 2012|url-status=dead}} Their closest relatives are the reef lobsters.