A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

Description
Not available.

Depth range
Mesopelagic.

Distribution in the North Sea
Possibly northern North Sea (entering from the Faeroe-Shetland Area and from off N Scotland).

World distribution
North Atlantic Ocean from ca. 65°N to 13°S, including the Mediterranean; South Atlantic Oean south of 32°S and in the southern Indian and Pacific Oceans between 32°S and 57°S.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Subclass Eumalacostraca
Superorder Eucarida
Order Decapoda
Suborder Pleocyemata
Infraorder Caridea
Superfamily Atyoidea
Family Oplophoridae
Genus Acanthephyra
Species Acanthephyra purpurea

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this species

Rice, A.L., 1967. Crustacea. (Pelagic adults) Order Decapoda, V. Caridea. Families pasiphaeidae, Oplophoridae, Hippolytidae and Pandalidae. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, 112 (1967). Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, Kopenhagen.

Sivertsen, E. and L.B. Holthuis, 1956. Crustacea Decapoda (the Penaeidea and Stenopodidea excepted). Rep. Sc. Exp. "Michael Sars" N Atl. Deep-Sea Exp. 1910, 5(12): 1-56, 4 plates.

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