Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Oplophoridae - Acanthephyra

Acanthephyra cucullata Faxon, 1893


Distribution : Chace (1986); Hendrick & Estrada-navarette (1989); Vereshchaka (1990) - Off eastern Africa, Maldive Islands, Indonesia, tropical American Pacific; Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 21°41'S / 81°46'W). - Bathypelagic - Mesopelagic (0-3000 m).


Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Sala y Gomez.

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Acanthephyra cucullata - Vereshchaka, 1990: 139 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 21°41'S / 81°46'W; 960-2000 m).

Depth distribution: 960 - 2000 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/