Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Caridea > Superfamily Oplophoroidea > Family Acanthephyridae

Ephyrina Smith, 1885

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tropiocaris*	Spence Bate, 1888	synonym

Children

Ephyrina benedicti Smith, 1885
Ephyrina bifida Stephensen, 1923
Ephyrina figueirai Crosnier & Forest, 1973

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ハゴイタエビ属

Literature

original description	Smith, S.I. (1885). On some new or little known decapod Crustacea, from recent Fish Commission dredgings off the east coast of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 7: 493-511 [imprint 1884].
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589.
additional source	Crosnier, A. (1988). Oplophoridae (Crustacea Decapoda) récoltés de 1971 à 1982 par les navires françaises dans l'océan Indien occidental sud. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (4) section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie animales. 9: 695-726.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Ephyrina Smith, 1885. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107019