Pachygrapsus marmoratus, Fig.1, author: El Bouchikhi, Khadija
Pandalus montagui Leach, 1814, author: IMARES
Uca (Gelasimus) tetragonon, author: Collection Georges Declercq
Panulirus homarus, author: Collection Georges Declercq

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Ephyra Roux, 1831

Acanthephyra - scarlet shrimps
Acanthephyra - scarlet shrimps

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)

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  1. Species Ephyra compressa De Haan, 1844 accepted as Paratya compressa (De Haan, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  2. Species Ephyra Haeckelii von Martens, 1868 accepted as Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Species Ephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816) accepted as Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. 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] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Ephyra Roux, 1831. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585944 on 2025-09-11
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2011-11-07 09:15:12Z
created
Fransen, Charles
2020-03-19 13:41:32Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-05-27 00:50:37Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.
2022-09-27 14:49:26Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

original description Roux, P. (1831). Mémoire sur la classification des Crustacés de la tribu des Salicoques: 1-39, 4 tables. Marseille. [details] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication
 
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