Biology:Oplophoridae

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Short description: Family of crustaceans

Oplophoridae
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Hymenodora glacialis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Oplophoroidea
Dana, 1852
Family: Oplophoridae
Dana, 1852

The family Oplophoridae is a taxon of pelagic shrimp and the only subtaxon of the superfamily Oplophoroidea.[1] It contains the following genera:[1]

  • 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.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 
  2. Tin-Yam Chan; Ho Chee Lei; Chi Pang Li; Ka Hou Chu (2010). "Phylogenetic analysis using rDNA reveals polyphyly of Oplophoridae (Decapoda: Caridea)". Invertebrate Systematics 24 (2): 172–181. doi:10.1071/IS09049. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q779524 entry