Oplophoridae

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Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Scientific name Oplophoridae Rank Family		Subphylum Crustacea Infraorder Caridea Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda

Superfamily OplophoroideaDana, 1852 Similar Pasiphaeidae, Decapoda, Psalidopus, Bresilioidea, Processidae

The family Oplophoridae is a taxon of pelagic shrimp and the only subtaxon of the superfamily Oplophoroidea. It contains the following genera:

Acanthephyra A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

Ephyrina Smith, 1885

Heterogenys Chace, 1986

Hymenodora Sars, 1877

Janicella Chace, 1986

Kemphyra Chace, 1986

Meningodora Smith, 1882

Notostomus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

† Odontochelion Garassino, 1994

Oplophorus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837

Systellaspis Bate, 1888

† Tonellocaris Garassino, 1998

Molecular phylogenetics suggests that the family as currently circumscribed is polyphyletic, and may lead to the resurrection of a family Acanthephyridae for all genera except Oplophorus, Systellaspis and Janicella.

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Oplophoridae Wikipedia

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