Acanthephyra Milne­Edwadrs, 1881

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Genus Acanthephyra Milne­Edwadrs, 1881

Ephyra Roux, 1831: 24 .

Miersia Kingsley, 1879: 416 .

Acanthephyra A. Milne Edwards, 1881: 12; Chace, 1986: 6; Holthuis, 1993: 32, fig. 11. Bentheocaris Bate, 1888: 723 .

Acanthephyropsis Riggio, 1895: 246 .

Hoplocaricyphus Coutiére, 1907: 7 .

Diagnosis: Rostrum with, at least, as many dorsal as ventral teeth. Carapace not denticulate dorsally; usually without lateral gastro­orbital carina; without branchiostegal groove and hepatic spine. Abdomen dorsally carinate on, at least, somite three to six. Telson superficially blunt posteriorly; not tapering to sharply acute apex; without spinose end piece. Scaphocerite without lateral teeth. Mandible dissimilar, incisor process armed in entire length. Pereopods with ischium and merus not broadly compressed. Pereopod 4 with epipod vestigial or absent. Appendix masculina on second pleopod. Eggs small to medium­sized and numerous (more than 80) (modified from Chace 1986).