Acanthephyra

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Caridea
Superfamilia: Oplophoroidea
Familia: Acanthephyridae
Genus: Acanthephyra
Species: A. brevirostris – A. fimbriata –
Name

Acanthephyra Milne-Edwards, 1881

Type species: (by original designation) Acanthephyra armata Milne-Edwards, 1881

Acanthephyra armata

References

Milne-Edwards, A. 1881. Description de quelques crustacés macroures provenant des grandes profondeurs de la Mer des Antilles. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et paléontologie, ser. 6. 11(4): 1–16. BHL Reference page.
Alves-Júnior, F. de A., Araújo, M. de S.L.C. de, Bertrand, A. & Souza-Filho, J.F. 2016. First report of two deep-sea shrimps of the genus Acanthephyra A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Acanthephyridae) from southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 4184(1): 193–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.13. Reference page.
Kuberan, G., Chakraborty, R.D., Purushothaman, P. & Maheswarudu, G. 2018. First record of deep-sea caridean shrimp Acanthephyra fimbriata Alcock & Anderson, 1894 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Acanthephyridae) from southwest coast of India. Zootaxa 4531(2): 288–294. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.2.10 Paywall Reference page.
Ann. Sci. nat., Paris (Zool.) (6) 11 (4): 12
Hendrickx, M.E.; Ríos-Elósegui, D. 2014: Distribution of Acanthephyra brevicarinata Hanamura, 1984 and A. brevirostris Smith, 1885 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Acanthephyridae), in Pacific Mexico. Zootaxa 3765(6): 593–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.6.7 Reference page.

Links

Acanthephyra – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Acanthephyra is a genus of shrimp in the family Acanthephyridae,[1] with species that live at depths from 0 to more than 5000 meters deep below the ocean surface.[citation needed][2]
Species

Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra acutifrons Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra armata A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
Acanthephyra brevicarinata Hanamura, 1984
Acanthephyra brevirostris Smith, 1885
Acanthephyra carinata Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra chacei Krygier & Forss, 1981
Acanthephyra cucullata Faxon, 1893
Acanthephyra curtirostris Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884
Acanthephyra faxoni Calman, 1939
Acanthephyra fimbriata Alcock & Anderson, 1894
Acanthephyra indica Balss, 1925
Acanthephyra kingsleyi Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra media Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra pelagica Risso, 1816
Acanthephyra prionota Foxton, 1971
Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
Acanthephyra quadrispinosa Kemp, 1939
Acanthephyra rostrata Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra sanguinea Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1892
Acanthephyra sibogae of Man, 1916
Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra smithi Kemp, 1939
Acanthephyra stylorostratis Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra tenuipes Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra trispinosa Kemp, 1939[1]

References

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthephyra A. Milne-Edwards, 1881". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
"Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2019-03-30.