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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
218
545
999
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
217
543
998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
114
336
712
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
113
332
696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
105
307
644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
21
56
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
6
17
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
8
62
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ecuador
8 Genera with 62 Species
Alpheopsis Coutière, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 2013pistol shrimps50SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Coronalpheus Wicksten, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Parabetaeus Coutière, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pomagnathus Chace, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 19094SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
62 Species
Alpheopsis allanhancocki Wicksten, 1992Coast range false bindweed
Alpheopsis chilensis Coutière, 1897
Alpheus aequus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus arenicolus Banner & Banner, 1983
Alpheus armatus Rathbun, 1901Brown snapping shrimp
Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Banded snapping shrimp
Alpheus audouini Coutière, 1905
Alpheus bahamensis Rankin, 1898
Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877Olive snapping shrimp
Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849Flathead snapping shrimp
Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Alpheus brevicristatus De Haan, 1844Teppo snapping shrimp
Alpheus canalis (W. Kim & Abele, 1988)⇒ Alpheus galapagensis Sivertsen, 1933
Alpheus carinatus (De Man, 1888)⇒ Synalpheus carinatus De Man, 1888
Alpheus chilensis Lenz, 1902
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus cylindricus Kingsley, 1878Cylindrial snapping shrimp
Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832Mediterranean Snapping Prawn
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984Estuarine snapping shrimp
Alpheus exilis W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878Sand snapping shrimp
Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850Blue Leg Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus galapagensis Sivertsen, 1933
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus hebes W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus hephaestus Bracken-Gris..., 2014
Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818Bigclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus hoonsooi W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus hululensis Coutière, 1905
Alpheus inca Wicksten & M..., 1981
Alpheus insignis (Heller, 1861)⇒ Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus intrinsecus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus laevimanus (Heller, 1862)⇒ Synalpheus gambarelloides Nardo, 1847
Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
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 normanni Kingsley, 1878Green snapping shrimp
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus panamensis Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus platycheirus (Boone, 1927)⇒ Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus rostratus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus saxidomus Holthuis, 1980
Alpheus scopulus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus wonkimi Anker & Pach..., 2013
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Coronalpheus natator Wicksten, 1999
Parabetaeus euryone De Man, 1910
Pomagnathus corallinus Chace, 1937
Salmoneus ortmanni Rankin, 1898
Salmoneus serratidigitus Coutière, 1897
Synalpheus carinatus De Man, 1888
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus gambarelloides Nardo, 1847
Synalpheus nobilii Coutière, 1909


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