Family Oplophoridae Dana 1852 (shrimp)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Oplophoridae
Parent taxon: Oplophoroidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Acanthephyridae
Subtaxa: Hymenodora Meningodora Notostomus Oplophorus Stystellaspis Systellapsis Tonellocaris
Type: Oplophorus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Arenfelde quarry, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)