Malacostraca - Decapoda - Acanthephyridae

Synonyms: Acanthephyropsis Riggio 1895, Bentheocaris Bate 1888, Ephyra Roux 1831, Hoplocaricyphus Coutiere 1907, Miersia Kingsley 1880

Parent taxon: Acanthephyridae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Poore and Ahyong 2004

Sister taxa: Ephyrinae, Notostominae

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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