Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Oplophoroidea for Virgin Islands (Leeward Islands)

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Checklist for Superfamily Oplophoroidea Dana, 1852
and region Virgin Islands (Leeward Islands)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	163 368 602	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	162 366 600	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	82 219 414	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	82 219 414	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	75 202 376	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Caridea Dana, 1852 Caridean shrimps	15 38 85	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Oplophoroidea Dana, 1852	2 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Virgin Islands
2 Families width 5 Species

Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Oplophoridae Dana, 1852	Deepsea shrimps	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Virgin Islands
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Virgin Islands
5 Species

Acanthephyra armata A. Milne-Edw..., 1881	Brilliant Red Carid
Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edw..., 1881
Janicella spinicauda A. Milne-Edw..., 1883
Oplophorus spinicauda (A. Milne-Edw..., 1883)	⇒ Janicella spinicauda A. Milne-Edw..., 1883
Systellaspis debilis A.Milne-Edwards, 1881

Subnodes of Oplophoroidea with occurrences in Virgin Islands

Family	Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Oplophoridae Dana, 1852 Deepsea shrimps	3 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Oplophoroidea at biodiversity.org.au
Oplophoroidea at itis.gov
Oplophoroidea at marinespecies.org