Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Oplophoridae
Pereopods 1 and 2 shorter than the others and not obviously more stout (mostly midwater and deep benthic species).
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,594 meters (0 to -18,353 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
()
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Eucarida
()
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Decapoda
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Decapods
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
()
- Burkenroad, 1963
- Infraorder:
Caridea
()
- Dana, 1852
- Caridean and Procaridean Shrimps
- Superfamily:
Oplophoroidea
()
- Dana, 1852
- Family:
Oplophoridae
()
- Dana, 1852
- deepsea shrimps
- Genus:
Acanthephyra
()
- Milne-Edwards, 1881
- Specific name:
quadrispinosa
- Kemp, 1939
- Scientific name: - Acanthephyra quadrispinosa Kemp, 1939
- Specific name:
quadrispinosa
- Kemp, 1939
- Genus:
Acanthephyra
(
- Family:
Oplophoridae
(
- Superfamily:
Oplophoroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Caridea
(
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
- Order:
Decapoda
(
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 12-Jan-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Acanthephyra
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. curtirostris (Peaked Shrimp)
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Ifremer BIOCEAN database (Deep Sea Benthic Fauna)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SeamountsOnline (seamount biota)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data provider for the NIWA Marine Biodata Information System
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4798998
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-659848
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13720555
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 659848
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 663584
Footnotes
- Mean = -3,396.040 meters (-11,141.864 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,548.300 based on 208 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
