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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
199
760
1825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
199
760
1825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
110
544
1547
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
108
539
1518
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
101
510
1460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
21
110
356
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
6
27
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
15
117
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for French Polynesia
15 Genera with 117 Species
Acanthanas Anker, Poddo..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19734SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1906pistol shrimps76SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 19607SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Leptalpheus A.B. Williams, 19752SpeciesTaxom
Metabetaeus Borradaile, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Parabetaeus Coutière, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Prionalpheus Banner & Banner, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Richalpheus Anker & Jeng, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19597SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 187511SpeciesTaxom


Species list for French Polynesia
117 Species and 5 Subspecies
Acanthanas pusillus Anker, Poddo..., 2006
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis consobrinus (De Man, 1910)⇒ Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis diabolus Banner, 1956
Alpheopsis yaldwyni Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheus albatrossae Banner, 1953
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus anchistus De Man, 1920
Alpheus baccheti Anker, 2010
Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877Olive snapping shrimp
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus bradypus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus collumianus medius (Banner, 1956)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus crassimanus (Heller, 1865)⇒ Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus crockeri Armstrong, 1941
Alpheus cythereus Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus djeddensis Coutière, 1897Djeddah Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909Djibouti Pistolshrimp
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 gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus hoplites Nobili, 1906
Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus mackayi A. H. Banner, 1959
Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835European Big Claw Snapping Prawn
Alpheus macrochirus (Richters, 1880)⇒ Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus microscaphis Banner, 1959
Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852
Alpheus nobili Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus oahuensis Banner, 1953
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus ovaliceps Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paracrinitus bengalensis (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881
Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905
Alpheus paragracilis (Coutière, 1897)⇒ Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus imitatrix De Man, 1909
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956
Alpheus philoctetes De Man, 1909
Alpheus platyunguiculatus Banner, 1953
Alpheus praedator De Man, 1908
Alpheus providencei (Coutière, 1908)⇒ Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pseudopugnax Banner, 1953
Alpheus randalli Banner & Banner, 1980Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908Partner Shrimp
Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798Blue And Yellow Goby Shrimp
Alpheus roseodigitalis Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus rostratus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus seurati (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Alpheus spiniger (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Synalpheus spiniger Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus triphopus Nobili, 1906Hydrangea
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas dorsalis (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
Athanas gracilis Boone, 1935
Athanas marshallensis Chace, 1955
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas rhothionastes Banner & Banner, 1960
Automate anacanthopus De Man, 1910
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Leptalpheus denticulatus Anker & Marin, 2009
Leptalpheus pacificus Banner & Banner, 1975
Metabetaeus mcphersonae Anker, 2010
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Parabetaeus culliereti Coutière, 1897
Prionalpheus brachytomeus Banner & Banner, 1971
Prionalpheus triarticulatus Banner & Banner, 1960
Richalpheus alpheoides Anker, 2011
Richalpheus palmeri Anker & Jeng, 2006Palmer´s Alpheus-Shrimp
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Salmoneus alpheophilus Anker & Marin, 2006
Salmoneus gracilipes Miya, 1972
Salmoneus poupini Anker, 2011
Salmoneus serratidigitus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus tafaongae Banner & Banner, 1966
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Synalpheus brachyceros Nobili, 1906
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus coutierei Banner, 1953
Synalpheus heroni Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus nobilii Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus spiniger Stimpson, 1860
Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus tumidomanus Paul’son, 1875
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