title: Acanthephyra
text: # Acanthephyra
  
  Acanthephyra is a genus of shrimp in the family Acanthephyridae, with species that live at depths from 0 to more than 5000 meters deep below the ocean surface.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis Spence Bate, 1888
  * Acanthephyra acutifrons Spence Bate, 1888
  * Acanthephyra armata A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
  * Acanthephyra brevicarinata Hanamura, 1984
  * Acanthephyra brevirostris Smith, 1885
  * Acanthephyra carinata Spence Bate, 1888
  * Acanthephyra chacei Krygier & Forss, 1981
  * Acanthephyra cucullata Faxon, 1893
  * Acanthephyra curtirostris Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
  * Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884
  * Acanthephyra faxoni Calman, 1939
  * Acanthephyra fimbriata Alcock & Anderson, 1894
  * Acanthephyra indica Balss, 1925
  * Acanthephyra kingsleyi Spence Bate, 1888
  * Acanthephyra media Spence Bate, 1888
  * Acanthephyra pelagica Risso, 1816
  * Acanthephyra prionota Foxton, 1971
  * Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
  * Acanthephyra quadrispinosa Kemp, 1939
  * Acanthephyra rostrata Spence Bate, 1888
  * Acanthephyra sanguinea Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1892
  * Acanthephyra sibogae of Man, 1916
  * Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888
  * Acanthephyra smithi Kemp, 1939
  * Acanthephyra stylorostratis Spence Bate, 1888
  * Acanthephyra tenuipes Spence Bate, 1888
  * Acanthephyra trispinosa Kemp, 1939
  