NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Oplophoridae
  Superfamily - Oplophoroidea
  Infraorder - Caridea
  Suborder - Pleocyemata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Acanthephyra purpurea
      Species - Acanthephyra pelagica
      Species - Acanthephyra brevirostris
      Species - Acanthephyra curtirostris
      Species - Acanthephyra armata
      Species - Acanthephyra acutifrons
      Species - Acanthephyra eximia
      Species - Acanthephyra stylorostratis
      Species - Acanthephyra microphthalma
      Species - Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis
      Species - Acanthephyra chacei
      Species - Acanthephyra quadrispinosa