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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
57
137
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
57
137
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
38
96
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
38
96
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
38
96
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
6
32
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
8
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
7
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mahé
7 Genera with 32 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1878pistol shrimps21SpeciesTaxom
Aretopsis De Man, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Prionalpheus Banner & Banner, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 19053SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mahé
32 Species
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909Djibouti Pistolshrimp
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus microstylus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus rubromaculatus Karplus, Szl..., 1981Red Spotted Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Aretopsis amabilis De Man, 1910Hermit Crab Alpheid Shrimp
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas rhothionastes Banner & Banner, 1960
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Prionalpheus sulu Banner & Banner, 1971
Salmoneus cristatus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus pachymeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus paraneomeris 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