Deep-Sea taxon details
Acanthephyra curtirostris Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
107579 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107579)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 7 (37): 1-19; 7 (38): 186-202; 7 (39): 258-272. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939109460605 [details] 
Depth range Pelagic or bathypelagic
Depth range Pelagic or bathypelagic [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Acanthephyra curtirostris Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891. 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=107579 on 2026-08-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Acanthephyra curtirostris Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107579 on 2026-08-03
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Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 7 (37): 1-19; 7 (38): 186-202; 7 (39): 258-272. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939109460605 [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]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [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 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.287603 [details] Available for editors
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]
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]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [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 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.287603 [details] Available for editors
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range Pelagic or bathypelagic [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | peaked shrimppeaked deep-sea shrimp | [details] |
| French | crevette pointue | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒトトゲヒオドシエビ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthephyra curtirostris)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (76 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthephyra curtirostris)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (76 records)
To ITIS
