Oplophorus spinosus ( Brullé, 1839 )

Rodríguez-Quintal, Bladimir & Lira, Carlos, 2025, A review of deep-sea shrimps (Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata and Caridea) with four new records for Venezuela, Zootaxa 5583 (3), pp. 401-436 : 419

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5583.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1C09F992-B538-43F0-8CFB-0404E13A6ED3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14852993

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987AF-9515-FF81-FF7C-3C242A1D0412

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Plazi

scientific name

Oplophorus spinosus ( Brullé, 1839 )
status

 

Oplophorus spinosus ( Brullé, 1839) View in CoL

Palaemon spinosus Brullé, 1839: 18 .

Oplophorus spinosus View in CoL — Crosnier & Forest 1973: 25; Chace 1986: 60, Figs. 32a-e; Pequegnat & Wicksten 2006: 101; Judkins 2014: Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ; Poupin 2018: 110.

Material examined. 4 nd, 20 miles NE of Los Testigos Archipelago , 11°36’N 62°53’W, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 742, 424– 452 m depth, 31.viii.1988, ( USNM 256514 ) GoogleMaps ; 1 female, 3 nd, 22 miles off NE Los Testigos Archipelago , 11°39’00”N 62°52’48”W, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 457, 520–640 m depth, 30.v.1988, ( MMM-Crus-0266 ) GoogleMaps ; 5 males, 1 female, 20 miles off NE Los Testigos Archipelago , 11°36’00”N 62°52’48”W, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 742, 424– 452 m depth, 31.viii.1988, ( MMM-Crus-0356 ) GoogleMaps .

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. Western Atlantic: USA, Bermuda, Bahamas, Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo); Eastern Atlantic; Indian and Pacific; 10-2000 m depth ( Cardoso & Young 2005; Felder et al. 2009)

Remarks. Previous records for Venezuela: off N La Tortuga Island ( Judkins 2014).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

SubOrder

Pleocyemata

InfraOrder

Caridea

SuperFamily

Oplophoroidea

Family

Oplophoridae

Genus

Oplophorus

Loc

Oplophorus spinosus ( Brullé, 1839 )

Rodríguez-Quintal, Bladimir & Lira, Carlos 2025
2025
Loc

Oplophorus spinosus

Poupin, J. 2018: 110
Pequegnat, L. H. & Wicksten, M. K. 2006: 101
Chace, F. A. 1986: 60
Crosnier, A & Forest, J. 1973: 25
1973
Loc

Palaemon spinosus Brullé, 1839: 18

Brulle, A. 1839: 18
1839
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