Decapoda - Caridea - Acanthephyridae - Acanthephyra

Acanthephyra purpurea A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

3 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 302-3292 m. N Atl 23–52° N, GMx, Carib.
(Sasaki, 2022) - 100 m.
(Judkins, 2014) - 35 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic

Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 35-3292 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Suriname, French Guiana. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe). 302-3292 m. WA.
Acanthephyra purpurea - Guadeloupe (first record for Lesser Antilles), Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4644, 28 June 2015, 15°46.96'N, 61°5.11'W, 898-835 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19175.
Comment: This is a fist record for Lesser Antilles but this is common bathypelagic shrimp in the western Atlantic, between 23-52° N to French Guiana where it is illustrated by Takeda (1983).
Acanthephyra purpurea - Judkins, 2014, Zootaxa, Fig. 1 - Potentially all 1esser Antilles (VGI, IOV, ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy) and French Guiana.
Acanthephyra purpurea - Judkins, 2014, Zootaxa, Fig. 1 - Potentially all 1esser Antilles (VGI, IOV, ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy) and French Guiana.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Acanthephyra purpurea – Takeda, 1983: 57, Suriname, French Guiana [750 m]. — Guéguen, 2000: 692, tab. 1, French Guiana [549–855 m]. — Judkins, 2014: fig. 1, potentially French Guiana region [From distribution map; 35 m, shallowest occurrence for this species].
Distribution/Habitat – Northern ATL, southern limit FGR; Marine (pelagic, bathypelagic); 35–3292 m.

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