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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Baja California (Northwest Mexico, Mexico)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
181
528
917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
180
527
916
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
91
312
620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
90
307
607
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
85
294
583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
14
42
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
5
16
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
7
44
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Baja California
7 Genera with 44 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1880pistol shrimps28SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Leptalpheus A.B. Williams, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Pomagnathus Chace, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 190910SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Baja California
44 Species
Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Banded snapping shrimp
Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877Olive snapping shrimp
Alpheus californiensis Holmes, 1900Mudflat snapping shrimp
Alpheus clamator Lockington, 1877Twistclaw pistol shrimp
Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900Dotted snapping shrimp
Alpheus cylindricus Kingsley, 1878Cylindrial snapping shrimp
Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832Mediterranean Snapping Prawn
Alpheus exilis W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus felgenhaueri W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878Sand snapping shrimp
Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850Blue Leg Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus galapagensis Sivertsen, 1933
Alpheus hebes W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus hephaestus Bracken-Gris..., 2014
Alpheus hyeyoungae W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus longinquus W. Kim & Abele, 1988Long palmed pistol shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852Hammerclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus normanni Kingsley, 1878Green snapping shrimp
Alpheus panamensis Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus rostratus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus tenuis W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus umbo W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus villus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Betaeus harfordi Kingsley, 1878Abalone visored shrimp
Betaeus longidactylus Lockington, 1877Visored shrimp
Leptalpheus mexicanus Ríos & Carva..., 1983
Pomagnathus corallinus Chace, 1937
Salmoneus serratidigitus Coutière, 1897
Synalpheus biunguiculatus Stimpson, 1860Twoclaw snapping shrimp
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus digueti Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus lockingtoni Coutière, 1909Littoral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus mexicanus Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus mulegensis Rios, 1992
Synalpheus nobilii Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus sanlucasi Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus superus Abele & W. Kim, 1989
Synalpheus townsendi Coutière, 1909Townsend snapping shrimp


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