en Oplophoridae

Oplophoridae
	Hymenodora glacialis
Scientific classification
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

^ ^a ^b Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
^ 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.

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[Grave-1] Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.

[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.

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