Alpheus (genus)

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Alpheus
Alpheus digitalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Caridea Family: Alpheidae Genus: Alpheus Fabricius, 1798
Species
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Alpheus Fabricius 1798 is a genus of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae. This genus contains in excess of 250 species ^[1], making this the most species-rich genus of shrimp ^[2]. Like other snapping shrimp, the claws of Alpheus are asymmetrical, with one of the claws enlarged for making a popping noise. ^[3]

[edit] Species

Alpheus aculeipes Coutière, 1905 Alpheus acutocarinus de Man, 1909 Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852 Alpheus agrogon Ramos, 1997 Alpheus aequus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus africanus Balss, 1916 Alpheus albatrossae (Banner, 1953) Alpheus alcyone de Man, 1902 Alpheus amblyonyx Chace, 1972 Alpheus amirantei Coutière, 1908 Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002 Alpheus antepaenultimus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus architectus de Man, 1897 Alpheus arenensis (Chace, 1937) Alpheus arethusa de Man, 1909 Alpheus armatus Rathbun, 1901 Alpheus armillatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 Alpheus astrinx Banner & Banner, 1982 — candy-stripe pistol prawn Alpheus audouini Coutière, 1905 Alpheus australiensis Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus australosulcatus Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus avarus Fabricius, 1798 Alpheus bahamensis Rankin, 1898 Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus bannerorum Bruce, 1987 Alpheus barbara Lockington, 1878 Alpheus barbatusCoutière, 1899 Alpheus beanii Verrill, 1922 Alpheus belli Coutière, 1898 Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877 Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake — tiger pistol shrimp Alpheus bicostatus de Man, 1908 Alpheus bidens (Olivier, 1811) — mottled snapping prawn Alpheus bisincisus de Haan, 1844 — flathead snapping shrimp or red snapping shrimp Alpheus blachei Crosnier & Forest, 1965 Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1878 Alpheus brachymerus (Banner, 1953) Alpheus brevicristatus de Haan, 1844 Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860 Alpheus brevirostris (Olivier, 1811) Alpheus brucei Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1904 Alpheus bunburius Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus californiensis Holmes, 1900 Alpheus candei Guérin-Méneville, 1855 Alpheus chacei Carvacho, 1979 Alpheus chilensis Coutière, 1902 Alpheus chiragricus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 Alpheus christofferseni Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2007 Alpheus clamator Lockington, 1877 Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905 Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908 Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1861 Alpheus columbiensis Wicksten, 1988 Alpheus confusus Carvacho, 1989 Alpheus cristatus Coutière, 1879 Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900 Alpheus crockeri (Armstrong, 1941) Alpheus cryptodentatus Christoffersen & Ramos, 1988 Alpheus cylindricus Kingsley, 1878 Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1878 Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852 Alpheus digitalis de Haan, 1844 Alpheus dispar Randall, 1840 Alpheus dissodontonotus Stebbing, 1915 Alpheus distinctus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus distinguendus de Man, 1909 Alpheus djeddensis Coutière, 1897 Alpheus djiboutensis de Man, 1909 Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956 Alpheus edamensis de Man, 1888 Alpheus edwardsi (Audouin, 1827) Alpheus ehlersii de Man, 1909 Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984 Alpheus eulimene de Man, 1909 Alpheus euphrosyne de Man, 1897 — nymph snapping shrimp Alpheus exilis Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus facetus de Man, 1908 Alpheus fagei Crosnier & Forest, 1965 Alpheus fasciatus Lockington, 1878 Alpheus fasqueli Anker, 2001 Alpheus felgenhaueri Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus firmus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 Alpheus formosus Gibbs, 1850 Alpheus frontalis H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 Alpheus galapagensis Sivertson, 1933 Alpheus georgei Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus glaber (Olivi, 1792) Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1861 — daisy snapping shrimp Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1862 Alpheus grahami Abele, 1975 Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905 Alpheus hamus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus hebes Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus heeia Banner & Banner, 1975 Alpheus heronicus Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818 Alpheus hippothoe de Man, 1888 Alpheus holthuisi Ribiero, 1964 Alpheus hoonsooni Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus hoplocheles Coutière, 1897 Alpheus hortensis Wicksten & McClure, 2003 Alpheus hutchingsae Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus hyeyoungae Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus immaculatus Knowlton & Keller, 1983 Alpheus inca Wicksten & Mendez, 1981 Alpheus inopinatus Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1958 Alpheus intrinsicus Bate, 1888 Alpheus japonicus Miers, 1879 Alpheus kingsley Miers, 1879 Alpheus labis Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus lacertosus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus laevis Randall, 1840

Alpheus lanceloti Coutière, 1905 Alpheus lanceostylus (Banner, 1959) Alpheus latipes (Banner, 1953) Alpheus latus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1906 Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852 Alpheus lobidens de Haan, 1850 Alpheus longimanus Bate, 1888 Alpheus longinquus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1829 — coral snapping shrimp Alpheus lutarius (De Saussure, 1857) Alpheus mackayi Banner, 1959 Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835) Alpheus macrodactylus Ortmann, 1890 Alpheus maindroni Coutière, 1898 Alpheus malabaricus (Fabricius, 1775) Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852 Alpheus malleodigitus (Bate, 1888) Alpheus martini Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus mazatlanicus Wicksten, 1983 Alpheus microstylus (Bate, 1888) Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898 Alpheus migrans Lewinsohn & Holthuis, 1978 Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852 Alpheus moretensis Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus naos Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2007 Alpheus normanni Kinglsey, 1878 Alpheus novaezelandiae Miers, 1876 — New Zealand pistol prawn Alpheus nuttingi (Schmitt, 1924) Alpheus oahuensis (Banner, 1953) Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852 Alpheus ochrostriatus Miya Alpheus ovalicepsCoutière, 1905 Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1861 Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852 Alpheus panamensis Kinglsey, 1878 Alpheus papillosus Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus parabrevipes Coutière, 1898 Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881 — smoothclaw snapping shrimp Alpheus paraculeipes Coutière, 1905 Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905 Alpheus paraformosus Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2008[4] Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905 Alpheus parasocialisBanner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905 Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852 Alpheus peasei (Armstrong, 1940) Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1905 Alpheus platycheirus Boone, 1927 Alpheus platyunguiculatus (Banner, 1953) Alpheus polystictus Knowlton & Keller, 1985 Alpheus polyxo de Man, 1908 Alpheus pseudopugnax (Banner, 1953) Alpheus pubescens de Man, 1908 Alpheus pugilator A. Milne-Edwards, 1878 Alpheus pugnax Dana, 1852 Alpheus randalli Banner, 1981 Alpheus rapacida de Man, 1908 Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798 Alpheus rathbunae (Schmitt, 1924) Alpheus rectus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus ribeiroae Anker & Dworschak, 2004 Alpheus richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971 Alpheus ridleyi Pocock, 1890 Alpheus roquensis Knowlton & Keller, 1985 Alpheus rostratus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus rouxii Guérin-Méneville, 1857 Alpheus rubromaculatus (Stimpson, 1855) Alpheus rugimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878 Alpheus saxidomus Holthuis, 1980 Alpheus schmitti Chace, 1972 Alpheus scopulus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus serenei Tiwari, 1963 Alpheus simus (Guérin-Méneville, 1855) Alpheus sivado Risso, 1816 Alpheus socialis Heller, 1865 — smooth pistol prawn Alpheus soela Banner & Banner, 1986 Alpheus soror Bruce, 1999 Alpheus spinicaudus Lockington, 1878 Alpheus spinus (Sowerby, 1805) Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897 Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897 — bristle snapping shrimp Alpheus stantoni Banner & Banner, 1986 Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908 Alpheus stephensoni Banner & Smalley, 1969 Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852 — snowflake snapping shrimp Alpheus sublanacus (Forskal, 1775) Alpheus sudara Banner & Banner, 1966 Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878 Alpheus superciliaris Coutière, 1905 Alpheus tasmanicus Banner & Banner, 1982 Alpheus tenuis Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus thomasi Hendrix & Gore, 1973 Alpheus togatus (Armstrong, 1940) Alpheus tricolor Anker, 2001 Alpheus tridentatus Zehntner, 1894 Alpheus umbo Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus utriensis Ramos & von Prahl, 1989 Alpheus vanderbilti Boone, 1930 Alpheus verrilli (Schmitt, 1924) Alpheus villosus (Olivier, 1811) — hairy pistol prawn Alpheus villus Kim & Abele, 1988 Alpheus viridari (Armstrong, 1940) Alpheus ventrosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880 Alpheus wickstenae Christoffersen & Ramos, 1987 Alpheus williamsi Bruce, 1994

[edit] External links

• CSIRO
• OBIS

[edit] References

1. ^ W. Kim and L. G. Abele (1988). The snapping shrimp genus Alpheus from the eastern Pacific (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 454: 1–119. 
2. ^ N. Knowlton and D. K. Mills (1992). The systematic importance of color and color pattern: evidences for complexes of sibling species of snapping shrimp (Caridea: Alpheidae: Alpheus) from the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Panama. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 18: 1–5. 
3. ^ Labrador Park [1]
4. ^ Anker, Hurt & Knowlton (2008). "Revision of the Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850 complex, with redescription of A. formosus and description of a new species from the tropical western Atlantic (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae)". Zootaxa 1707: 1–22 http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01707p022f.pdf.