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Checklist for Superfamily Oplophoroidea Dana, 1852
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
360
1365
3514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
353
1349
3488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
141
518
1316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
139
508
1283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
125
460
1192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
19
76
276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Oplophoroidea
Dana, 1852
2
9
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Isles
2 Families width 32 Species
Acanthephyridae (Dana, 1852)25SpeciesTaxom
Oplophoridae Dana, 1852Deepsea shrimps7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Isles
9 Genera with 32 Species
Acanthephyra Milne-Edwards, 18889SpeciesTaxom
Ephyrina S. I. Smith, 18915SpeciesTaxom
Hymenodora G. O. Sars, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Janicella Chace, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Meningadora1SpeciesTaxom
Meningodora S. I. Smith, 18863SpeciesTaxom
Notostomus A. Milne Edw..., 18866SpeciesTaxom
Oplophorus H. Milne Edw..., 19052SpeciesTaxom
Systellaspis Bate, 18813SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
32 Species
Acanthephyra brevirostris (S. I. Smith, 1885)⇒ Meningodora vesca Smith, 1886
Acanthephyra curtirostris Wood-Mason &..., 1891Peaked shrimp
Acanthephyra debilis (A. Milne-Edw..., 1881)⇒ Systellaspis debilis A.Milne-Edwards, 1881
Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884
Acanthephyra haeckeli
Acanthephyra pelagica Risso, 1816
Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edw..., 1881
Acanthephyra stylorostratis Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra tenuipes Spence Bate, 1888
Ephyrina benedicti Smith, 1885
Ephyrina bifida Stephensen, 1923Water toothleaf
Ephyrina figueirai Crosnier and..., 1973
Ephyrina hoskyni
Ephyrina hoskynii Wood-Mason &..., 1891Arctic Skipper
Hymenodora glacialis Buchholz, 1874Northern ambereye
Hymenodora gracilis Smith, 1886
Janicella spinicauda A. Milne-Edw..., 1883
Meningadora vesca Smith, 1886
Meningodora marptocheles Chace, 1940
Meningodora miccyla Chace, 1940
Meningodora vesca Smith, 1886
Notostomus atlanticus (Lenz & Strunck, 1914)⇒ Notostomus elegans A. Milne-Edw..., 1881
Notostomus elegans A. Milne-Edw..., 1881
Notostomus marptocheles (Chace, 1940)⇒ Meningodora marptocheles Chace, 1940
Notostomus miccylus (Chace, 1940)⇒ Meningodora miccyla Chace, 1940
Notostomus mollis
Notostomus vescus (Smith, 1886)⇒ Meningodora vesca Smith, 1886
Oplophorus gracilirostris A. Milne-Edw..., 1881
Oplophorus grimaldii Coutière, 1905
Systellaspis braueri Balss, 1914Quayle spinytail
Systellaspis cristata Faxon, 1893Krygier spinytail
Systellaspis debilis A.Milne-Edwards, 1881

Subnodes of Oplophoroidea with occurrences in British Isles
FamilyAcanthephyridae
Dana, 1852
5
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOplophoridae
Dana, 1852
Deepsea shrimps
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Oplophoroidea at biodiversity.org.au
Oplophoroidea at itis.gov
Oplophoroidea at marinespecies.org