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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Azores (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
142
286
515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
142
286
515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
68
152
267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
67
150
265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
61
139
249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
14
39
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
4
12
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
7
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Azores
7 Genera with 19 Species
Alpheopsis Coutière, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1878pistol shrimps13SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Parabetaeus Coutière, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pomagnathus Chace, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Azores
19 Species
Alpheopsis azorica Anker, d’U..., 2005
Alpheopsis trispinosa (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Alpheopsis trispinosus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877Olive snapping shrimp
Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832Mediterranean Snapping Prawn
Alpheus hebes W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus hoonsooi W. Kim & Abele, 1988
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 malleator Dana, 1852Hammerclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus platydactylus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus saxidomus Holthuis, 1980
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Athanas nitescens Leach, 1813Hooded Shrimp
Parabetaeus euryone De Man, 1910
Pomagnathus corallinus Chace, 1937
Salmoneus ortmanni Rankin, 1898


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