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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Marshall Islands (Micronesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
104
341
747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
104
341
747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
71
283
665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
70
279
656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
65
274
648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
13
65
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
5
18
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
11
69
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Marshall Islands
11 Genera with 69 Species
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1837pistol shrimps38SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aretopsis De Man, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 19608SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Metabetaeus Borradaile, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Parabetaeus Coutière, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 18758SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Marshall Islands
69 Species
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis equalis Coutière, 1903
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus amirantei Coutière, 1908
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus crassimanus (Heller, 1865)⇒ Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909Djibouti Pistolshrimp
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus dolorus
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus edwarsii Audouin, 1827
Alpheus ehlersii De Man, 1909
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus huikau (Banner, 1959)⇒ Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835European Big Claw Snapping Prawn
Alpheus macrochirus (Richters, 1880)⇒ Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paragracilis (Coutière, 1897)⇒ Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus thompsoni Anker, 2022Thompson's Bulldozer Shrimp
Alpheus ventrosus (H. Milne-Edw..., 1837)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Aretopsis amabilis De Man, 1910Hermit Crab Alpheid Shrimp
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas dorsalis (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas marshallensis Chace, 1955
Athanas ornithorhynchus Banner & Banner, 1973
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas rhothionastes Banner & Banner, 1960
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate gardineri (Coutière, 1902)⇒ Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate johnsoni (Chace, 1955)⇒ Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Metabetaeus minutus Whitelegge, 1897
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Parabetaeus culliereti Coutière, 1897
Parabetaeus euryone De Man, 1910
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Synalpheus carinatus De Man, 1888
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900De Man's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus heroni Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus stimpsoni De Man, 1888
Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888Crinoid Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus 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