Acanthephyra

Acanthephyra
Preserved specimens of A. pelagica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Acanthephyridae
Genus: Acanthephyra
A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
Type species
Acanthephyra armata
A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

Acanthephyra is a genus of shrimp in the family Acanthephyridae, with species that live at depths from 0 to more than 5000 meters deep below the ocean surface.

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