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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Galle (Southern Province, Sri Lanka)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
37
75
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
37
75
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
29
66
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
29
66
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
28
65
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
5
9
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
4
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
2
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Galle
2 Genera with 8 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1878pistol shrimps7SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 18941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Galle
8 Species
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus laevis (Randall, 1840)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798Blue And Yellow Goby Shrimp
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort


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