Acanthephyra Milne-Edwards 1881 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Oplophoridae

Parent taxon: Oplophoridae according to G. C. B. Poore and S. Ahyong 2004

Sister taxa: Hymenodora, Meningodora, Notostomus, Odontochelion, Oplophorus, Stystellaspis, Systellapsis, Tonellocaris

Subtaxa: Acanthephyra acutifrons Acanthephyra curtirostris Acanthephyra quadrispinosa Acanthephyra sica Acanthephyra smithi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acanthephyra in the database

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