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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
448
2925
10558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
445
2918
10546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
166
1267
5249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
163
1257
5186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
153
1195
4883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
31
251
1236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
6
50
363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
21
253
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
21 Genera with 253 Species
#ABMPRS
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19737SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1994pistol shrimps147SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aretopsis De Man, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 196022SpeciesTaxom
Athanopsis Coutière, 20113SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Bannereus Bruce, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Batella Holthuis, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Bermudacaris Anker & Iliffe, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Betaeopsis Yaldwyn, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Metabetaeus Borradaile, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Potamalpheops Powell, 20145SpeciesTaxom
Prionalpheus Banner & Banner, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Pseudathanas Bruce, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Racilius Paul’son, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19598SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 187557SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
253 Species and 15 Subspecies
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis consobrinus (De Man, 1910)⇒ Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis equalis Coutière, 1903
Alpheopsis trispinosa (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Alpheopsis trispinosus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheopsis trispinosus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheopsis undicola Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheopsis yaldwyni Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheus acutocarinatus De Man, 1909
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus amirantei Coutière, 1908
Alpheus amirantei sizou (Banner & Banner, 1967)⇒ Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Alpheus anchistus De Man, 1920
Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002
Alpheus architectus De Man, 1897
Alpheus arethusa De Man, 1909
Alpheus astrinx Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus audouini Coutière, 1905
Alpheus australiensis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus australosulcatus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus avarus J. C. Fabricius, 1798
Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus bannerorum Bruce, 1987
Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus batesi Banner & Banner, 1964
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 brevicristatus De Haan, 1844Teppo snapping shrimp
Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus brevirostris Olivier, 1811
Alpheus brucei Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus bunburius Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus chiragricus H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus collunarius
Alpheus comatularium
Alpheus comatularum (Haswell, 1882)⇒ Synalpheus comatularum Haswell, 1882
Alpheus compressus Banner & Banner, 1981
Alpheus crassimanus (Heller, 1865)⇒ Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
Alpheus cremnus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus cristatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832Mediterranean Snapping Prawn
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844Forceps snapping shrimp
Alpheus distinguendus (Man, 1909)⇒ Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844
Alpheus djeddensis Coutière, 1897Djeddah Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909Djibouti Pistolshrimp
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus dolorus
Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Alpheus edwardsi
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus ehlersii De Man, 1909
Alpheus eulimene De Man, 1909
Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897Green Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus euphrosyne euphrosyne De Man, 1897
Alpheus euphrosyne richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971
Alpheus eurydactylus (De Man, 1920)⇒ Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897
Alpheus facetus De Man, 1908
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus georgei Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus gracilipes serratus (Coutière, 1898)⇒ Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus haanii Ortmann, 1890
Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Alpheus heronicus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818Bigclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
Alpheus hoplocheles Coutière, 1897Armed snapping shrimp
Alpheus hutchingsae Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905
Alpheus inopinatus Holthuis & G..., 1958
Alpheus labis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus lanceloti Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus leviusculus leviusculus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus lutini (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835European Big Claw Snapping Prawn
Alpheus macrochirus (Richters, 1880)⇒ Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus macroskeles Alcock & And..., 1899
Alpheus maindroni Coutière, 1898
Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus mazatlanicus Wicksten, 1983Coast range false bindweed
Alpheus microstylus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Alpheus minor (De Haan, 1844, 1850)⇒ Alpheus haanii Ortmann, 1890
Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852
Alpheus moretensis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus neptunus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Alpheus novae-zealandiae (Miers, 1876)⇒ Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876
Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876Dense twinpod
Alpheus novaezelandiae (Miers, 1876)⇒ Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus ovaliceps Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pachychira
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus papillosus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paragracilis (Coutière, 1897)⇒ Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parasocialis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus imitatrix De Man, 1909
Alpheus pareuchirus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parvimaculatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956
Alpheus phrygianus (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus polyxo De Man, 1909
Alpheus praedator De Man, 1908
Alpheus pubescens De Man, 1908
Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908Partner Shrimp
Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798Blue And Yellow Goby Shrimp
Alpheus richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971Richardson's Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus roseodigitalis Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus serenei Tiwari, 1964
Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862Ice cold buttercup
Alpheus soela Banner & Banner, 1986
Alpheus soelae Banner & Banner, 1986
Alpheus spatulatus Banner & Banner, 1968
Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897Bristle Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus stantoni Banner & Banner, 1986
Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
Alpheus stephensoni Banner & Sma..., 1969Queensland Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus strenuus cremnus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852
Alpheus styliceps Coutière, 1905
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sudara Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus superciliaris Coutière, 1905
Alpheus tasmanicus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus tenuicarpus De Man, 1908
Alpheus ventrosus (H. Milne-Edw..., 1837)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus villosus Olivier, 1811
Alpheus villosus brevirostris
Alpheus williamsi Bruce, 1994
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Aretopsis amabilis De Man, 1910Hermit Crab Alpheid Shrimp
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
Athanas daviei Anker, 2011
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas dorsalis (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
Athanas granti Coutière, 1908
Athanas hasswelli Coutière, 1908
Athanas haswelli (Coutière, 1908)⇒ Athanas hasswelli Coutière, 1908
Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936San Bernardino spineflower
Athanas jedanensis De Man, 1910
Athanas locincertus Banner & Banner, 1973
Athanas marshallensis Chace, 1955
Athanas ornithorhynchus Banner & Banner, 1973
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas polymorphus Kemp, 1915
Athanas rhothionastes Banner & Banner, 1960
Athanas setoensis (Kubo, 1951)⇒ Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894
Athanas shawnsmithi Anker, 2011
Athanas sibogae (De Man, 1910)⇒ Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas sydneyensis Anker & Ahyong, 2007
Athanas verrucosus (Banner & Banner, 1960)⇒ Rugathanas verrucosus Banner & Banner, 1960
Athanopsis australis Banner & Banner, 1982Southern Hooded Shrimp
Athanopsis brevirostris Banner & Banner, 1981
Athanopsis saurus Anker, 2011
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Bannereus anomalus Bruce, 1988
Batella parvimanus Spence Bate, 1888
Bermudacaris australiensis Anker & Komai, 2004
Betaeopsis acanthops Bruce & Iliffe, 1991
Betaeopsis indica De Man, 1910
Betaeus australis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Metabetaeus minutus Whitelegge, 1897
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Potamalpheops darwiniensis Bruce, 1993
Potamalpheops hanleyi Bruce, 1991
Potamalpheops pininsulae Bruce & Iliffe, 1992
Potamalpheops tigger Yeo & Ng, 1997
Potamalpheops tyrymembe Soledade, Sa..., 2014
Prionalpheus triarticulatus Banner & Banner, 1960
Pseudathanas darwiniensis Bruce, 1983
Racilius compressus Paul´son, 1875
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Rugathanas verrucosus Banner & Banner, 1960
Salmoneus alpheophilus Anker & Marin, 2006
Salmoneus cristatus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus gracilipes Miya, 1972
Salmoneus serratidigitus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus seticheles Anker, 2003
Salmoneus sibogae De Man, 1910
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Synalpheus acanthitelsonis (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus amboinae Zehntner, 1894
Synalpheus ancistrorhynchus De Man, 1909
Synalpheus bispinosus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus bituberculatus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus biunguiculatus Stimpson, 1860Twoclaw snapping shrimp
Synalpheus carinatus De Man, 1888
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus comatularum Haswell, 1882
Synalpheus connatularum
Synalpheus coutierei Banner, 1953
Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900De Man's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus dorae Bruce, 1988
Synalpheus echinus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus falcatus (Spence Bate, 1888)⇒ Synalpheus comatularum Haswell, 1882
Synalpheus fossor Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus gracilirostris De Man, 1910
Synalpheus haddoni Coutière, 1900
Synalpheus harpagatrus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus heroni Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus iocasta De Man, 1909
Synalpheus iocosta De Man, 1909
Synalpheus laevimanus haddoni (Coutière, 1900)⇒ Synalpheus haddoni Coutière, 1900
Synalpheus lophodactylus Coutière, 1908
Synalpheus modestus De Man, 1909Modest Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus neomeris pococki (Coutière, 1898)⇒ Synalpheus pococki Coutière, 1898
Synalpheus neomeris pocockii
Synalpheus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus neptunus germanus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus novaezealanidae Miers, 1876
Synalpheus pachymeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus paralaticeps Banner & Banner, 1982
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus pescadorensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus pocochi Coutière, 1898
Synalpheus pococki Coutière, 1898
Synalpheus quadriarticulatus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus quadridens (De Man, 1910)⇒ Synalpheus quadrispinosus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus quadrispinosus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus readi Banner & Banner, 1972
Synalpheus redactocarpus Banner, 1953
Synalpheus sciro Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus stimpsoni De Man, 1888
Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888Crinoid Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus striatus (Kubo, 1938)⇒ Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888
Synalpheus theano De Man, 1910
Synalpheus tijou Banner & Banner, 1982
Synalpheus triacanthus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus tricuspidatus Heller, 1861
Synalpheus trispinosus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus tropidodactylus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus tumidomanus Paul’son, 1875


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