WoRMS name details
Ephyra Roux, 1831
585944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:585944)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior homonym of Ephyra Peron & Leseur, 1810 (Coelenterata))
Genus
Alpheus pelagicus Risso, 1816 accepted as Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Ephyra Haeckelii von Martens, 1868 accepted as Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816) accepted as Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ephyra punctulatus (Risso, 1822) accepted as Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Penaeus (Melicertus) kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Roux, P. (1831). Mémoire sur la classification des Crustacés de la tribu des Salicoques: 1-39, 4 tables. Marseille. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Ephyra Roux, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585944 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Roux, P. (1831). Mémoire sur la classification des Crustacés de la tribu des Salicoques: 1-39, 4 tables. Marseille. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
