Deep-Sea taxon details
Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
107582 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107582)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Milne-Edwards, A. (1881). Compte rendu sommaire d'une exploration zoologique faite dans l'Atlantique, a bord du navire le Travailleur. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires de Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> 93: 931-936., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36329134 [details] 
Depth range Pelagic or bathypelagic
Distribution Latitude 53° to 23°N
Depth range Pelagic or bathypelagic [details]
Distribution Latitude 53° to 23°N
Distribution Latitude 53° to 23°N [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107582 on 2026-06-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107582 on 2026-06-19
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Milne-Edwards, A. (1881). Compte rendu sommaire d'une exploration zoologique faite dans l'Atlantique, a bord du navire le Travailleur. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires de Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> 93: 931-936., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36329134 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Markham, J. C.; McDermott, J. J. (1980). A tabulation of the Crustacea Decapoda of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93(4): 1266-1276 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pohle, G.W. 1988. A guide to the deep-sea shrimp and shrimp-like decapod Crustacea of Atlantic Canada. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 1657, 29 p. [details]
additional source Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muñoz, Isabel; García-Isarch, Eva; Sobrino, Ignacio; Burgos, Candelaria; Funny, Rita; González-Porto, Marcos. (2012). Distribution, abundance and assemblages of decapod crustaceans in waters off Guinea-Bissau (north-west Africa). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 92 issue 3, p. 475-494., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315411001895 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Markham, J. C.; McDermott, J. J. (1980). A tabulation of the Crustacea Decapoda of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93(4): 1266-1276 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pohle, G.W. 1988. A guide to the deep-sea shrimp and shrimp-like decapod Crustacea of Atlantic Canada. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 1657, 29 p. [details]
additional source Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muñoz, Isabel; García-Isarch, Eva; Sobrino, Ignacio; Burgos, Candelaria; Funny, Rita; González-Porto, Marcos. (2012). Distribution, abundance and assemblages of decapod crustaceans in waters off Guinea-Bissau (north-west Africa). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 92 issue 3, p. 475-494., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315411001895 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range Pelagic or bathypelagic [details]Distribution Latitude 53° to 23°N [details]
To Barcode of Life (46 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthephyra purpurea)
To GenBank (247 nucleotides; 96 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9968918)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (329 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthephyra purpurea)
To GenBank (247 nucleotides; 96 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9968918)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (329 records)
To ITIS
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