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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
286
1345
4857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
271
1315
4752
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
198
1203
4613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
198
1203
4613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
168
1123
4360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
22
91
250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
4
24
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
9
61
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Fossils
9 Genera with 61 Species
Alpheopsis Coutière, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1811pistol shrimps34SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 19106SpeciesTaxom
Athanopsis Coutière, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Aulacopodia1SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Symalpheus14SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 18521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fossils
61 Species and 1 Subspecies
Alpheopsis trispinosa (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Alpheopsis trispinosus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus astrinx Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus australiensis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus australosulcatus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus bunburius Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus caramote (Risso, 1816)⇒ Melicertus kerathurus Forskål, 1775
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844Forceps snapping shrimp
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus edwarsii Audouin, 1827
Alpheus elegans (Risso, 1816)⇒ Gnathophyllum elegans Risso, 1816
Alpheus facetus De Man, 1908
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus macrodactylus (Ortmann, 1890)⇒ Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus novazealandiae Miers, 1876
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus papillosus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus parasocialis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus pelagicus (Risso, 1816)⇒ Acanthephyra pelagica Risso, 1816
Alpheus richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971Richardson's Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus ruber Rafinesque, 1814
Alpheus sivado (Risso, 1816)⇒ Pasiphaea sivado Risso, 1816
Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862Ice cold buttercup
Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897Bristle Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus stephensoni Banner & Sma..., 1969Queensland Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus tasmanicus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus tyrhenus (Risso, 1816)⇒ Pontonia pinnophylax Otto, 1821
Alpheus villosus Olivier, 1811
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas granti Coutière, 1908
Athanas hasswelli Coutière, 1908
Athanas nitescens Leach, 1813Hooded Shrimp
Athanas ornithorhynchus Banner & Banner, 1973
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanopsis australis Banner & Banner, 1982Southern Hooded Shrimp
Aulacopodia riemsdyki Bosquet, 1854
Betaeus australis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Symalpheus bituberculatus De Man, 1910
Symalpheus comatularum Haswell, 1882
Symalpheus echinus Banner & Banner, 1975
Symalpheus fossor Paulson, 1875
Symalpheus harpagaturus Banner & Banner, 1975
Symalpheus iocosta De Man, 1909
Symalpheus lophodactylus Croutiere, 1908
Symalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897
Symalpheus neptunnus Dana, 1852
Symalpheus nilandensis Croutiere, 1908
Symalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888
Symalpheus streptodactylus Croutiere, 1905
Symalpheus theano De Man, 1910
Symalpheus tumidomanus Paulson, 1875
Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852


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