Acanthephyridae Spence Bate 1888
Creators: name: González, José A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Acanthephyridae

description: Acanthephyridae Spence Bate, 1888
Acanthephyra curtirostris Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 —CNI Casanova (1972); 900–1000 m—Benthopelagic, 660–4970 m. PANT.
Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884 —CNI García Cabrera (1971, as Acanthefira [sic] eximia); 926–2156 m—CVI González et al. (2004, 2009); 360–1000 m—Benthic, 200–3700 m. PANT.
Acanthephyra kingsleyi Spence Bate, 1888 —CVI Ortmann (1893, as A. purpurea); 849–909 m (Neves et al. 2016)— Pelagic, 200–4500 m. TSEA.
Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816) —CNI García Cabrera (1971, as Acanthefira [sic] pelagica); 200–400 m— CVI Krakstad et al. (2011); 848–909 m—Benthopelagic, 200–3200 m. COSM.
Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 —CNI Coutière (1905, as Acanthephyra parva paucidens); 100–3000 m—Pelagic, 100–3400 m. AAWD.
Acanthephyra stylorostratis (Spence Bate, 1888) —CNI Coutière (1907); 1000–1500 m—CVI Lenz & Strunck (1914, as Bentheocaris stylorostris); 3000 m—Pelagic, 1000–5000 m. PANT.
Acanthephyra tenuipes (Spence Bate, 1888) —CNI Sivertsen & Holthuis (1956, as A. gracilipes); 1000–1500 m— Pelagic, 1000–3840 m. PANT.
Ephyrina benedicti Smith, 1885 —CNI Sivertsen & Holthuis (1956); depth unknown—Pelagic, 1400–4400 m. PANT.
Ephyrina figueirai figueirai Crosnier & Forest, 1973 —CNI Foxton (1970, as Ephyrina hoskynii); 900–1000 m— Pelagic, 497–1682 m. PANT.
Ephyrina ombango Crosnier & Forest, 1973 —CNI Crosnier & Forest (1973); 495–1009 m—CVI Crosnier & Forest (1973); 0–1000 m—Pelagic, 0–2000 m. AAWA.
Heterogenys microphthalma (Smith, 1885) —CNI Sivertsen & Holthuis (1956); 2000 m—CVI Crosnier & Forest (1973, at 16°12’N 27°04’W); 3890–3890 m—Benthopelagic, 2000–4792 m. PANT.
Hymenodora glacialis (Buchholz, 1874) —CNI Spence Bate (1888, as H. mollicutis); 0–4000 m—CVI Balss (1925, in part); depth unknown—Pelagic, 0–5686 m. COSM.
Hymenodora gracilis Smith, 1886 —CNI Sivertsen & Holthuis (1956); 1000 m—Pelagic, 500–5300 m. COSM.
Meningodora compsa (Chace, 1940) —CNI likely (occurs in Madeira and Senegal)—CVI Crosnier & Forest (1973); depth unknown—Pelagic, 874–1829 m. AAWA.
Meningodora miccyla (Chace, 1940) —CVI Crosnier & Forest (1973); 1100 m—Pelagic, 915–1830 m. AAWA.
Meningodora mollis Smith, 1882 —CNI Foxton (1970); 925–1000 m—CVI Fransen (1991); 330–3000 m— Benthopelagic, 330–5000 m. PANT.
Meningodora vesca (Smith, 1886) —CNI Sivertsen & Holthuis (1956); 615–925 m—CVI Fransen (1991); 400– 3000 m—Pelagic, 400–5400 m. AAWD.
Notostomus auriculatus Barnard, 1950 —CVI Crosnier & Forest (1973); 0–1000 m—Benthopelagic, 0–2835 m. PANT.
Notostomus distirus Chace, 1940 —CNI Sivertsen & Holthuis (1956); 1000 m—Pelagic, 1000–2000 m. AAWA.
Notostomus elegans A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 —CNI Sivertsen & Holthuis (1956, as N. longirostris); 700–800 m—Pelagic, 450–5380 m. PANT.
Notostomus gibbosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 —CVI Crosnier & Forest (1973, at 16°16’N 22°16’W); 1000 m— Benthopelagic, 850–4000 m. PANT.
Notostomus robustus Smith, 1884 —CNI Casanova (1972); 900–1000 m—Pelagic, 850–3000 m. PANT.
description: Published as part of González, José A., 2018, Checklists of Crustacea Decapoda from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, with an assessment of Macaronesian and Cape Verde biogeographic marine ecoregions, pp. 401-448 in Zootaxa 4413 (3) on page 408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769606