Superfamily Oplophoroidea Dana 1852 (shrimp)
Parent taxon: Caridea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acanthinopus, Alcmonacaris, Alpheoidea, Atyoidea, Bavaricaris, Blaculla, Bresilioidea, Buergerocaris, Campylonotoidea, Crangonoidea, Ctenodusa, Galatheacaridoidea, Gampsurus, Leiothorax, Nematocarcinoidea, Palaemonoidea, Pandaloidea, Parvocaris, Pasiphaeidae, Pasiphaeoidea, Physetocarididae, Physetocaridoidea, Pinnacaris, Pleopteryxoidea, Procaridoidea, Processidae, Processoidea, Psalidopodidae, Psalidopodoidea, Schernfeldia, Stylodactyloidea
Subtaxa: Acanthephyridae Oplophoridae
Type: Oplophorus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Arenfelde quarry, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)