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

Acanthephyridae Spence Bate, 1888

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthephyra A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
Ephyrina Smith, 1885
Heterogenys Chace, 1986
Hymenodora G.O. Sars, 1877
Kemphyra Chace, 1986
Meningodora Smith, 1882
Notostomus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

Literature

original description	Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology. 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150.
basis of record	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.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Acanthephyridae Spence Bate, 1888. 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:585943