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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Islands of Japan (Japan)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
122
482
875
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
122
482
875
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
90
409
755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
89
408
754
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
87
405
751
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
15
73
136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
5
15
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
7
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Islands of Japan
7 Genera with 26 Species
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1775pistol shrimps14SpeciesTaxom
Aretopsis De Man, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Metabetaeus Borradaile, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 19054SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Islands of Japan
26 Species
Alpheopsis keiji Anker, 2017
Alpheopsis yaldwyni Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake, 1969Pretty Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798Blue And Yellow Goby Shrimp
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Aretopsis amabilis De Man, 1910Hermit Crab Alpheid Shrimp
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Metabetaeus lohena Banner & Banner, 1960Anchialine snapping shrimp
Metabetaeus minutus Whitelegge, 1897
Salmoneus antricola Komai, Yamad..., 2015
Synalpheus coutierei Banner, 1953
Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905


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