WoRMS taxon details
Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816)
107581 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107581)
accepted
Species
Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthephyra agassizzi Smith, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthephyra agassizzi mediterranea Riggio, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthephyra parva multidens Coutière, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthephyra purpurea var. multispina Coutière, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthephyra rectirostris Riggio, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alpheus pelagicus Risso, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ephyra Haeckelii von Martens, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Alpheus pelagicus Risso, 1816) Risso, A. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. [Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice.]. <em>Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, Paris.</em> 175 pp., pls. 1-3. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107581 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888) Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-52/htm/doc.html [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888) Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-52/htm/doc.html [details]
original description (of Alpheus pelagicus Risso, 1816) Risso, A. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. [Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice.]. <em>Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, Paris.</em> 175 pp., pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Ephyra Haeckelii von Martens, 1868) von Martens, E. (1868). Ueber einige ostasiatische Süsswasserthiere. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 34: 1-64, pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra agassizzi Smith, 1884) Smith, S.I. (1884). Report on the decapod Crustacea of the Albatross dredgings off the east coast of the United States in 1883. In: Report of the Commissioner for 1882. Part X. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington D.C., pp. 345-426, pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra agassizzi mediterranea Riggio, 1900) Riggio, G. (1900). Contributo allo carcinologia del Mediterraneo (Sunto). <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 11 (Supl.): 19-20. [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra rectirostris Riggio, 1900) Riggio, G. (1900). Contributo allo carcinologia del Mediterraneo (Sunto). <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 11 (Supl.): 19-20. [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra purpurea var. multispina Coutière, 1905) Coutière, H. (1905). Note préliminaire sur les Eucyphotes recueillis par S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco à l'aide du filet à grande ouverture. (Campagnes de la ”Princesse-Alice” 1903-1904). <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 48: 1-35. [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra parva multidens Coutière, 1905) Coutière, H. (1905). Note préliminaire sur les Eucyphotes recueillis par S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco à l'aide du filet à grande ouverture. (Campagnes de la ”Princesse-Alice” 1903-1904). <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 48: 1-35. [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]
original description (of Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888) Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-52/htm/doc.html [details]
original description (of Alpheus pelagicus Risso, 1816) Risso, A. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. [Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice.]. <em>Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, Paris.</em> 175 pp., pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Ephyra Haeckelii von Martens, 1868) von Martens, E. (1868). Ueber einige ostasiatische Süsswasserthiere. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 34: 1-64, pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra agassizzi Smith, 1884) Smith, S.I. (1884). Report on the decapod Crustacea of the Albatross dredgings off the east coast of the United States in 1883. In: Report of the Commissioner for 1882. Part X. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington D.C., pp. 345-426, pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra agassizzi mediterranea Riggio, 1900) Riggio, G. (1900). Contributo allo carcinologia del Mediterraneo (Sunto). <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 11 (Supl.): 19-20. [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra rectirostris Riggio, 1900) Riggio, G. (1900). Contributo allo carcinologia del Mediterraneo (Sunto). <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 11 (Supl.): 19-20. [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra purpurea var. multispina Coutière, 1905) Coutière, H. (1905). Note préliminaire sur les Eucyphotes recueillis par S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco à l'aide du filet à grande ouverture. (Campagnes de la ”Princesse-Alice” 1903-1904). <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 48: 1-35. [details]
original description (of Acanthephyra parva multidens Coutière, 1905) Coutière, H. (1905). Note préliminaire sur les Eucyphotes recueillis par S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco à l'aide du filet à grande ouverture. (Campagnes de la ”Princesse-Alice” 1903-1904). <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 48: 1-35. [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]
Other
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]
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 Crosnier, A. (1988). Oplophoridae (Crustacea Decapoda) récoltés de 1971 à 1982 par les navires françaises dans l'océan Indien occidental sud. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (4) section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie animales.</em> 9: 695-726. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Gorny M. (1999). On the biogeography and ecology of the Southern Ocean decapod fauna. Scientia Marina, 63, Supl.1, 367-382. [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
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,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
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 (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]
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 Crosnier, A. (1988). Oplophoridae (Crustacea Decapoda) récoltés de 1971 à 1982 par les navires françaises dans l'océan Indien occidental sud. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (4) section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie animales.</em> 9: 695-726. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gorny M. (1999). On the biogeography and ecology of the Southern Ocean decapod fauna. Scientia Marina, 63, Supl.1, 367-382. [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]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,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) (from synonym Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888)
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Acanthephyra agassizzi Smith, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis) (from synonym Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthephyra pelagica)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthephyra sica) (from synonym Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888)
To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Alpheus pelagicus Risso, 1816)
To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Acanthephyra agassizzi Smith, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (206 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (46 records) (from synonym Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 034764)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Acanthephyra agassizzi Smith, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis) (from synonym Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthephyra pelagica)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthephyra sica) (from synonym Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888)
To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Alpheus pelagicus Risso, 1816)
To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Acanthephyra agassizzi Smith, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (206 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (46 records) (from synonym Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 034764)
To ITIS
