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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
336
1958
6058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1955
6050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
158
1273
4744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
157
1265
4714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
147
1207
4462
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
28
232
1033
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
8
49
276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
24
207
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
24 Genera with 207 Species
#ABFLMNOPRST
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19737SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1880pistol shrimps121SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aretopsis De Man, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 19108SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 19085SpeciesTaxom
Bannereus Bruce, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Batella Holthuis, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Betaeopsis Yaldwyn, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Fenneralpheus D.L. Felder ..., 19861SpeciesTaxom
Leptalpheus A.B. Williams, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Metabetaeus Borradaile, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Nennalpheus A. H. Banner..., 19101SpeciesTaxom
Orygmalpheus De Grave & A..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Parabetaeus Coutière, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Potamalpheops Powell, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Racilius Paul’son, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Richalpheus Anker & Jeng, 20063SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19599SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 191036SpeciesTaxom
Thunor Armstrong, 18551SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
207 Species and 2 Subspecies
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis equalis Coutière, 1903
Alpheopsis keiji Anker, 2017
Alpheopsis trispinosa (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Alpheopsis trispinosus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheopsis undicola Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheopsis vietnamensis Tiwari, 1964
Alpheopsis yaldwyni Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheus acutocarinatus De Man, 1909
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Alpheus aglaopheniae (Borradaile, 1900)⇒ Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Alpheus albatrossae Banner, 1953
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus anchistus De Man, 1920
Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002
Alpheus angustilineatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus armatus Rathbun, 1901Brown snapping shrimp
Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Banded snapping shrimp
Alpheus astrinx Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus bannerorum Bruce, 1987
Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake, 1969Pretty Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus bicostatus De Man, 1908
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849Flathead snapping shrimp
Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus brevirostris Olivier, 1811
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus canaliculatus Banner & Banner, 1968
Alpheus candei Guérin-Ménev..., 1855
Alpheus carlae Anker, 2012
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus crassimanus (Heller, 1865)⇒ Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus crockeri Armstrong, 1941
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844Forceps snapping shrimp
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 euphrosyne De Man, 1897Green Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus explorator Boone, 1935
Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878Sand snapping shrimp
Alpheus foresti Banner & Banner, 1981
Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850Blue Leg Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus fushima Nomura, 2009
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Alpheus hebes W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818Bigclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
Alpheus imitatrix De Man, 1909
Alpheus kuroshimensis Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus laevis (Randall, 1840)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus longipalma Komai & Ohtomi, 2018
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus luiszapatai Ramos-Tafur, 2018
Alpheus macellarius Chace, 1988
Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835European Big Claw Snapping Prawn
Alpheus macroskeles Alcock & And..., 1899
Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus mathewsae Anker, 2012
Alpheus microstylus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Alpheus neptunus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Alpheus nonalter Kensley, 1969
Alpheus normanni Kingsley, 1878Green snapping shrimp
Alpheus nuttingi Schmitt, 1924
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus packardii Kingsley, 1880
Alpheus panamensis Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parvimaculatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus peasei Armstrong, 1940Orangetail snapping shrimp
Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956
Alpheus platydactylus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus praedator De Man, 1908
Alpheus proseuchirus De Man, 1908
Alpheus providencei (Coutière, 1908)⇒ Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus punctatus Anker, 2012
Alpheus pustulosus Banner & Banner, 1968
Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908Partner Shrimp
Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798Blue And Yellow Goby Shrimp
Alpheus richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971Richardson's Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus roseodigitalis Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus rostratus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus savuensis De Man, 1908
Alpheus schmitti Chace, 1972
Alpheus serenei Tiwari, 1964
Alpheus sibogae De Man, 1908
Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Alpheus soelae Banner & Banner, 1986
Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897Bristle Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus styliceps Coutière, 1905
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sudara Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus tenuicarpus De Man, 1908
Alpheus tenuipes De Man, 1910
Alpheus thomasi Hendrix & Gore, 1973
Alpheus thompsoni Anker, 2022Thompson's Bulldozer Shrimp
Alpheus verrilli Schmitt, 1924
Alpheus villosus Olivier, 1811
Alpheus viridari Armstrong, 1949
Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880
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 dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas gracilipes Banner & Banner, 1978
Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936San Bernardino spineflower
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas sibogae (De Man, 1910)⇒ Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate evermanni Rathbun, 1901
Automate isabelae Ramos-Tafur, 2018
Automate kingsleyi (Hay, 1971)⇒ Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate salomoni Coutière, 1908
Bannereus anomalus Bruce, 1988
Batella praecipua De Grave, 2004
Betaeopsis aequimanus Dana, 1852Alpheid Shrimp
Betaeus malleodigitus (Spence Bate, 1888)⇒ Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Fenneralpheus chacei D.L. Felder ..., 1986
Leptalpheus pacificus Banner & Banner, 1975
Metabetaeus minutus Whitelegge, 1897
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Nennalpheus sibogae De Man, 1910
Orygmalpheus polites De Grave & A..., 2000
Parabetaeus acanthus Anker, 2015
Parabetaeus culliereti Coutière, 1897
Potamalpheops pininsulae Bruce & Iliffe, 1992
Racilius compressus Paul´son, 1875
Richalpheus alpheoides Anker, 2011
Richalpheus dahabensis Anker & Dwor..., 2007
Richalpheus palmeri Anker & Jeng, 2006Palmer´s Alpheus-Shrimp
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Salmoneus brevirostris Edmondson, 1930
Salmoneus colinorum De Grave, 2004
Salmoneus depressus Anker, 2011
Salmoneus gracilipes Miya, 1972
Salmoneus komaii Anker, 2011
Salmoneus latirostris Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus rostratus Barnard, 1962Lip triton
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Synalpheus amintae Ramos-Tafur ..., 2019
Synalpheus apioceros Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus bituberculatus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus biunguiculatus Stimpson, 1860Twoclaw snapping shrimp
Synalpheus brevicarpus Herrick, 1891Common Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus brooksi Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900De Man's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus fossor Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909Speckled snapping shrimp
Synalpheus gracilirostris De Man, 1910
Synalpheus grampusi Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus hemphilli Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus herricki Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus longicarpus Herrick, 1891
Synalpheus mcclendoni Coutière, 1910
Synalpheus minus Say, 1818Minor snapping shrimp
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus odontophorus De Man, 1909
Synalpheus pachymeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus pandionis Coutière, 1909Turtlegrass snapping shrimp
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus paraneptunus Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus pectiniger Coutière, 1907Loggerhead snapping shrimp
Synalpheus pescadorensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus stimpsoni De Man, 1888
Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888Crinoid Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus tijou Banner & Banner, 1982
Synalpheus townsendi Coutière, 1909Townsend snapping shrimp
Synalpheus triacanthus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus trispinosus De Man, 1910
Thunor simus Guérin-Ménev..., 1855


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