Oplophoridae
The family Oplophoridae is a taxon of pelagic shrimp and the only subtaxon of the superfamily Oplophoroidea. It contains the following genera: Acanthephyra A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 Ephyrina Smith, 1885 Heterogenys Chace, 1986 Hymenodora Sars, 1877 Janicella Chace, 1986 Kemphyra Chace, 1986 Meningodora Smith, 1882 Notostomus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 † Odontochelion Garassino, 1994 Oplophorus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 Systellaspis Bate, 1888 † Tonellocaris Garassino, 1998
Species
deepsea shrimps
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyOplophoridae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
via GBIF
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- Parent taxon
- Oplophoroidea
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The family Oplophoridae is a taxon of pelagic shrimp and the only subtaxon of the superfamily Oplophoroidea. It contains the following genera: Acanthephyra A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 Ephyrina Smith, 1885 Heterogenys Chace, 1986 Hymenodora Sars, 1877 Janicella Chace, 1986 Kemphyra Chace, 1986 Meningodora Smith, 1882 Notostomus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 † Odontochelion Garassino, 1994 Oplophorus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 Systellaspis Bate, 1888 † Tonellocaris Garassino, 1998
Molecular phylogenetics suggests that the family as currently circumscribed is polyphyletic, and may lead to the resurrection of a family Acanthephyridae for all genera except Oplophorus, Systellaspis and Janicella.