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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
193
509
918
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
193
509
918
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
90
298
668
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
89
295
661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
83
273
608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
16
51
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
6
16
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
8
44
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Costa Rica
8 Genera with 44 Species
Alpheopsis Coutière, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1880pistol shrimps38SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Pomagnathus Chace, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Thunor Armstrong, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
44 Species
Alpheus aequus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002
Alpheus antepaenultimus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus armatus Rathbun, 1901Brown snapping shrimp
Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Banded snapping shrimp
Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Alpheus canalis (W. Kim & Abele, 1988)⇒ Alpheus galapagensis Sivertsen, 1933
Alpheus colombiensis Wicksten, 1988
Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900Dotted snapping shrimp
Alpheus cylindricus Kingsley, 1878Cylindrial snapping shrimp
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878Sand snapping shrimp
Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850Blue Leg Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus galapagensis Sivertsen, 1933
Alpheus grahami Abele, 1975
Alpheus hamus (W. Kim & Abele, 1988)⇒ Alpheus colombiensis Wicksten, 1988
Alpheus hebes W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus hephaestus Bracken-Gris..., 2014
Alpheus hyeyoungae W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus javieri Anker, Hurt ..., 2009
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 nuttingi Schmitt, 1924
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus panamensis Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus peasei Armstrong, 1940Orangetail snapping shrimp
Alpheus platycheirus (Boone, 1927)⇒ Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus punctatus Anker, 2012
Alpheus punctulatus (Risso, 1822)⇒ Melicertus kerathurus Forskål, 1775
Alpheus rostratus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus saxidomus Holthuis, 1980
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus umbo W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus villus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Betaeus longidactylus Lockington, 1877Visored shrimp
Betaeus truncatus Dana, 1852
Pomagnathus corallinus Chace, 1937
Salmoneus ortmanni Rankin, 1898
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol 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