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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
450
2718
9963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
447
2712
9948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
183
1329
5432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
180
1318
5366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
168
1250
5038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
34
242
1236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
8
56
372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
23
264
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
23 Genera with 264 Species
#ABCLMNPRST
Alpheopsis Coutière, 186014SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 2008pistol shrimps144SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Aretopsis De Man, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 188819SpeciesTaxom
Athanopsis Coutière, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 19084SpeciesTaxom
Betaeopsis Yaldwyn, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Cryptophthalmus Rafinesque, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Leptalpheus A.B. Williams, 1965
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptathanas De Grave & A..., 20081SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Nennalpheus A. H. Banner..., 19102SpeciesTaxom
Parabetaeus Coutière, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Pomagnathus Chace, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Potamalpheops Powell, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Prionalpheus Banner & Banner, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Racilius Paul’son, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19599SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 200756SpeciesTaxom
Triacanthoneus Anker, 2010
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
264 Species and 13 Subspecies
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis africana Holthuis, 1952Common hop
Alpheopsis africanus (Holthuis, 1952)⇒ Alpheopsis africana Holthuis, 1952
Alpheopsis aristoteles Anker, 2017
Alpheopsis azorica Anker, d’U..., 2005
Alpheopsis chalciope De Man, 1910
Alpheopsis equalis Coutière, 1903
Alpheopsis fissipes (Coutière, 1908)⇒ Prionalpheus fissipes Coutière, 1908
Alpheopsis idiocarpus Coutière, 1908
Alpheopsis keiji Anker, 2017
Alpheopsis labis Chace, 1972Tongclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheopsis monodi (Sollaud, 1932)⇒ Potamalpheops monodi Sollaud, 1932
Alpheopsis trispinosa (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Alpheopsis trispinosus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheopsis trispinosus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus aculeipes (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus acutocarinatus De Man, 1909
Alpheus agilis Anker, Hurt ..., 2009
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus amblyonyx Chace, 1972Bluntclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus amirantei Coutière, 1908
Alpheus architectus De Man, 1897
Alpheus arenicolus Banner & Banner, 1983
Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Banded snapping shrimp
Alpheus audouini Coutière, 1905
Alpheus bahamensis Rankin, 1898
Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877Olive snapping shrimp
Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake, 1969Pretty Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus bicostatus De Man, 1908
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849Flathead snapping shrimp
Alpheus bisincisus malensis (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849
Alpheus blachei Crosnier & F..., 1965
Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Alpheus bradypus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus brasileiro Anker, 2012
Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus brevirostris Olivier, 1811
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus buchanorum Banner & Banner, 1983
Alpheus cavimanus
Alpheus chiragricus H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus compressus Banner & Banner, 1981
Alpheus crassimanus (Heller, 1865)⇒ Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus cristidigitus (Spence Bate, 1888)⇒ Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832
Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900Dotted snapping shrimp
Alpheus crockeri Armstrong, 1941
Alpheus cylindricus Kingsley, 1878Cylindrial snapping shrimp
Alpheus danae (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832Mediterranean Snapping Prawn
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844Forceps snapping shrimp
Alpheus dissodontonotus (Stebbing, 1915)⇒ Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879
Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909Djibouti Pistolshrimp
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus edwarsii Audouin, 1827
Alpheus eulimene De Man, 1909
Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897Green Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus fagei Crosnier & F..., 1965
Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878Sand snapping shrimp
Alpheus floridanus africanus Balss, 1916
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus glaber Olivi, 1792Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus gracilis alluaudi (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861
Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Alpheus hebes W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818Bigclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus heurteli Coutière, 1897
Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
Alpheus hippothoe edamensis (De Man, 1888)⇒ Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Alpheus holthuisi Ribeiro, 1964Holthuis Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus hoonsooi W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus hululensis Coutière, 1905
Alpheus inopinatus Holthuis & G..., 1958
Alpheus intrinsecus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus laevis (Randall, 1840)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus lanceloti Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus levis
Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus longecarinatus Hilgendorf, 1879Chocolate vine
Alpheus longinquus W. Kim & Abele, 1988Long palmed pistol shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835European Big Claw Snapping Prawn
Alpheus macrochirus (Richters, 1880)⇒ Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus maindroni Coutière, 1898
Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus malhaensis (Coutière, 1908)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852Hammerclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus megacheles (Norman, 1868)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus microstylus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Alpheus minus (Say, 1818)⇒ Synalpheus minus Say, 1818
Alpheus minus neptunus
Alpheus nonalter Kensley, 1969
Alpheus normanni Kingsley, 1878Green snapping shrimp
Alpheus notabilis Stebbing, 1915
Alpheus oahuensis Banner, 1953
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paraculeipes (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897
Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905
Alpheus paragracilis (Coutière, 1897)⇒ Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus paralpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956
Alpheus platycheirus (Boone, 1927)⇒ Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus platydactylus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus pontederiae De Rochebrune, 1883
Alpheus pouang Christoffersen, 1979
Alpheus pseudopugnax Banner, 1953
Alpheus punctatus Anker, 2012
Alpheus randalli Banner & Banner, 1980Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908Partner Shrimp
Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798Blue And Yellow Goby Shrimp
Alpheus ruber Rafinesque, 1814
Alpheus rubromaculatus Karplus, Szl..., 1981Red Spotted Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus rugimanus A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Alpheus saxidomus Holthuis, 1980
Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862Ice cold buttercup
Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897Bristle Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus stanleyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852
Alpheus streptochirus (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832
Alpheus styliceps Coutière, 1905
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus superciliaris Coutière, 1905
Alpheus talismani Coutière, 1898
Alpheus tenuicarpus De Man, 1908
Alpheus triunguiculatus (Paul’son, 1875)⇒ Synalpheus triunguiculatus Paul´son, 1875
Alpheus tungii Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus vanderbilti Boone, 1930
Alpheus villosus Olivier, 1811
Alpheus xanthocarpus Anker, Hurt ..., 2008
Arete amboinensis De Man, 1910
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Arete indica
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Arete iphianassa (De Man, 1910)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Aretopsis aegyptiaca (Ramadan, 1936)⇒ Aretopsis amabilis De Man, 1910
Aretopsis amabilis De Man, 1910Hermit Crab Alpheid Shrimp
Athanas ahyongi Anker & Komai, 2010
Athanas amazone Holthuis, 1951Hop
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas dorsalis (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
Athanas grimaldii Coutière, 1911
Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas ivoiriensis Anker & Ahyong, 2007
Athanas kominatoensis (Kubo, 1942)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas marshallensis Chace, 1955
Athanas minikoensis Coutière, 1903
Athanas nitescens Leach, 1813Hooded Shrimp
Athanas nouvelae Holthuis, 1951Hop
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas phyllocheles Banner & Banner, 1983
Athanas rhothionastes Banner & Banner, 1960
Athanas sibogae (De Man, 1910)⇒ Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas veloculus (Spence Bate, 1888)⇒ Athanas nitescens Leach, 1813
Athanopsis brevirostris Banner & Banner, 1981
Automate anacanthopus De Man, 1910
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate evermanni Rathbun, 1901
Automate salomoni Coutière, 1908
Betaeopsis aequimanus Dana, 1852Alpheid Shrimp
Betaeus aequimanus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Betaeopsis aequimanus Dana, 1852
Betaeus emarginatus H.Milne Edwards, 1837
Betaeus jucundus Barnard, 1947
Betaeus levifrons Vinogradov, 1950
Betaeus truncatus Dana, 1852
Cryptophthalmus olivaceus (Ehrenberg, 1831)⇒ Lathophthalmus smaragdinus Rüppell & Le..., 1828
Leptathanas powelli De Grave & A..., 2008
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Nennalpheus gabonensis Anker, 2019
Nennalpheus sibogae De Man, 1910
Parabetaeus euryone De Man, 1910
Parabetaeus hummelincki Schmitt, 1936
Pomagnathus corallinus Chace, 1937
Potamalpheops haugi Coutière, 1906
Potamalpheops monodi Sollaud, 1932
Potamalpheops pylorus Powell, 1979
Prionalpheus fissipes Coutière, 1908
Prionalpheus sulu Banner & Banner, 1971
Racilius compressus Paul´son, 1875
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Rugathanas verrucosus Banner & Banner, 1960
Salmoneus alpheophilus Anker & Marin, 2006
Salmoneus cristatus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus jarli Holthuis, 1951
Salmoneus nhatrangensis Anker & Marin, 2006
Salmoneus ortmanni Rankin, 1898
Salmoneus rostratus Barnard, 1962Lip triton
Salmoneus serratidigitus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Synalpheus acanthitelsonis (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus africanus Crosnier & F..., 1965
Synalpheus albatrossi Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus apioceros Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus bituberculatus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus biunguiculatus Stimpson, 1860Twoclaw snapping shrimp
Synalpheus brevicarpus Herrick, 1891Common Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus brevifrons Chace, 1972
Synalpheus brooksi Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus coutierei Banner, 1953
Synalpheus crosnieri Banner & Banner, 1983
Synalpheus dardeaui Ríos & Duffy, 2007
Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900De Man's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus fossor Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909Speckled snapping shrimp
Synalpheus gambarelloides Nardo, 1847
Synalpheus gracilirostris De Man, 1910
Synalpheus gravieri (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897
Synalpheus haddoni Coutière, 1900
Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus heroni Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus hululensis (Coutière, 1908)⇒ Synalpheus tumidomanus tumidomanus Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus hululensis africanus (Crosnier & F..., 1965)⇒ Synalpheus tumidomanus africanus Crosnier & F..., 1965
Synalpheus jedanensis De Man, 1909
Synalpheus laticeps Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus longicarpus Herrick, 1891
Synalpheus lophodactylus Coutière, 1908
Synalpheus minus Say, 1818Minor snapping shrimp
Synalpheus mushaensis Coutière, 1908
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus nilandensis oxyceros (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Synalpheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus pachymeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus paradoxus Banner & Banner, 1981
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus paraneomeris praslini (Coutière, 1921)⇒ Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus paraneptunus Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus parfaiti Coutière, 1898
Synalpheus pescadorensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus physocheles Coutière, 1908
Synalpheus quinquedens Tattersall, 1921
Synalpheus senegambiensis Coutière, 1908
Synalpheus sladeni Coutière, 1908
Synalpheus somalia Banner & Banner, 1979
Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888Crinoid Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus townsendi Coutière, 1909Townsend snapping shrimp
Synalpheus triunguiculatus Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus tropidodactylus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus tumidomanus Paul’son, 1875
Synalpheus tumidomanus africanus Crosnier & F..., 1965
Synalpheus tumidomanus tumidomanus Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus ul Ríos & Duffy, 2007


Links, sources and further information
Alpheidae at artfakta.se
Alpheidae at biodiversity.org.au
Alpheidae at dyntaxa.se
Alpheidae at gbif.org
Alpheidae at irmng.org
Alpheidae at itis.gov
Alpheidae at marinespecies.org