Oplophoridae

Oplophoridae
Oplophoridae
Hymenodora glacialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Oplophoroidea
Dana, 1852
Family: Oplophoridae
Dana, 1852

The family Oplophoridae is a taxon of pelagic shrimps and the only subtaxon of the superfamily Oplophoroidea.[1] It contains the following genera:[1]

  • 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

References

  1. ^ a b Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 

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