Acanthephyra

Acanthephyra
Preserved specimens of A. pelagica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Acanthephyridae
Genus:	Acanthephyra A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
Type species
Acanthephyra armata A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

Acanthephyra is a genus of shrimp in the family Acanthephyridae, with species that live at depths from 0 to more than 5000 meters deep below the ocean surface.^{[citation needed]}

Species

• Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888
• Acanthephyra acutifrons Spence Bate, 1888
• Acanthephyra armata A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
• Acanthephyra brevicarinata Hanamura, 1984
• Acanthephyra brevirostris Smith, 1885
• Acanthephyra carinata Spence Bate, 1888
• Acanthephyra chacei Krygier & Forss, 1981
• Acanthephyra cucullata Faxon, 1893
• Acanthephyra curtirostris Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
• Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884
• Acanthephyra faxoni Calman, 1939
• Acanthephyra fimbriata Alcock & Anderson, 1894
• Acanthephyra indica Balss, 1925
• Acanthephyra kingsleyi Spence Bate, 1888
• Acanthephyra media Spence Bate, 1888
• Acanthephyra pelagica Risso, 1816
• Acanthephyra prionota Foxton, 1971
• Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
• Acanthephyra quadrispinosa Kemp, 1939
• Acanthephyra rostrata Spence Bate, 1888
• Acanthephyra sanguinea Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1892
• Acanthephyra sibogae of Man, 1916
• Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888
• Acanthephyra smithi Kemp, 1939
• Acanthephyra stylorostratis Spence Bate, 1888
• Acanthephyra tenuipes Spence Bate, 1888
• Acanthephyra trispinosa Kemp, 1939

References