Species Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884
- Acanthephyra eximia Smith, S.I. 1884. XV. Report on the decapod Crustacea of the Albatross dredgings off the east coast of the United States in 1883. Report of the United States Fish Commission 10: 345-426 [376].
Type data:
Status unknown, USNM (?), off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. - Acanthephyra angusta Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [737 pl. 124 fig. 6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 2 specimens, off Kepulauan Banda [Banda Is.], Indonesia. - Acanthephyra edwardsii Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [747 pl. 126 fig. 1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1♂ 1♀, S of Pernambuco, off Aracaju, Brazil [10°46'S 36°08'W]. - Acanthephyra brachytelsonis Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [753 pl. 126 fig. 7].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 18 specimens, taken from eight Challenger stations in the following localities: Kepulauan Talaud & Kepulauan Banda, Indonesia; Sagami Nada, Japan; off the Kermadec Islands, South Pacific; east of Peninsula Valdis, Argentina. - Acanthephyra pulchra Milne Edwards, A. 1890. Diagnose d'un crustacés macroures nouveau de la Méditerranée. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 15: 163 [163].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, off Monaco. - Acanthephyra frontieri Crosnier, A. 1987. Oplophoridae (Crustacea Decapoda) récoltés de 1971 à 1982 par les navires françaises dans l'océan Indien occidental sud. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 9: 695-726 [699].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Chace, F.A., Jr 1986. The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910. Part 4: Families Oplophoridae and Nematocarcinidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 432: i-iv, 1-82 [18]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical and sub-tropical waters.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, benthic, continental rise, continental slope, mesopelagic, oceanic province.
Extra Ecological Information
Essentially benthic, from 200–3700 m depth.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 20-Dec-2011 | 20-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |