Oplophoridae

The family Oplophoridae is a taxon of pelagic shrimp and the only subtaxon of the superfamily Oplophoroidea.^[1] It contains the following genera:^[1]

• Acanthephyra A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
• Ephyrina Smith, 1885
• Heterogenys Chace, 1986
• Hymenodora Sars, 1877
• Janicella Chace, 1986
• Kemphyra Chace, 1986
• Meningodora Smith, 1882
• Notostomus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
• † Odontochelion Garassino, 1994
• Oplophorus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
• Systellaspis Bate, 1888
• † Tonellocaris Garassino, 1998

Oplophoridae
Hymenodora glacialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Superfamily:	Oplophoroidea Dana, 1852
Family:	Oplophoridae Dana, 1852

Molecular phylogenetics suggests that the family as currently circumscribed is polyphyletic, and may lead to the resurrection of a family Acanthephyridae for all genera except Oplophorus, Systellaspis and Janicella.^[2]