Species Oplophorus gracilirostris A. Milne Edwards, 1881
- Oplophorus gracilirostris Milne Edwards, A. 1881. Description de quelques Crustacés macroures provenant des grandes profondeurs de la mer des Antilles. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zool. (6) 11(4): 1-16 [6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, off Dominica, Lesser Antilles. - Oplophorus longirostris 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 [765 pl. 127 fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ (Challenger stn 174c; 610 fms), off Kandavu, Fiji Islands [19°07'50"S, 178°19'35"E]. - Hoplophorus smithii Wood-Mason, J. in Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. 1891. Natural History notes from H. M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer `Investigator', Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 7: 1-19, 186-202, 258-272 [194].
Type data:
Holotype IM 1 specimen, Bay of Bengal. - Oplophorus okitsuensis Yokoya, 1922.
Type data:
Holotype Okitsu, Suruga Bay.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hanamura, Y. 1987. Caridean shrimps obtained by R.V. "Soela" from North-West Australia, with description of a new species of Leptochela (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pasiphaeidae). The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 4(1): 15-33 [28]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Atlantic-Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, continental rise, continental slope, mesopelagic, oceanic province.
Extra Ecological Information
From 274–2305 m depth.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 24-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |