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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
135
424
824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
135
424
824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
94
347
739
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
94
347
739
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
87
331
716
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
19
73
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
4
13
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
10
80
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Comoro Islands
10 Genera with 80 Species
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1878pistol shrimps48SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Nennalpheus A. H. Banner..., 19101SpeciesTaxom
Racilius Paul’son, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 187521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comoro Islands
80 Species and 6 Subspecies
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis chalciope De Man, 1910
Alpheus aculeipes (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus amirantei Coutière, 1908
Alpheus bahamensis Rankin, 1898
Alpheus bicostatus De Man, 1908
Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849Flathead snapping shrimp
Alpheus bisincisus malensis (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849
Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900Dotted snapping shrimp
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus eulimene De Man, 1909
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
Alpheus lanceloti Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835European Big Claw Snapping Prawn
Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Alpheus minus neptunus
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus paraculeipes (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus paralpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956
Alpheus pouang Christoffersen, 1979
Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798Blue And Yellow Goby Shrimp
Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897Bristle Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus stanleyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Arete amboinensis De Man, 1910
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Nennalpheus sibogae De Man, 1910
Racilius compressus Paul´son, 1875
Salmoneus cristatus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus nhatrangensis Anker & Marin, 2006
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Synalpheus acanthitelsonis (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus bituberculatus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus biunguiculatus Stimpson, 1860Twoclaw snapping shrimp
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus fossor Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909Speckled snapping shrimp
Synalpheus gracilirostris De Man, 1910
Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus laticeps Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus minus Say, 1818Minor snapping shrimp
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 paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus paraneptunus Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus pescadorensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus townsendi Coutière, 1909Townsend snapping shrimp
Synalpheus tumidomanus 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