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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region New Zealand (Polynesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
309
1248
2585
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
306
1243
2581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
111
457
1004
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
110
450
970
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
102
421
908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
22
81
180
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
6
24
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
9
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Zealand
9 Genera with 26 Species
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1837pistol shrimps13SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 20152SpeciesTaxom
Betaeopsis Yaldwyn, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 18784SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Vexillipar Chace, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Zealand
26 Species
Alpheopsis garricki Yaldwyn, 1971
Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876Dense twinpod
Alpheus novaezelandiae (Miers, 1876)⇒ Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876
Alpheus paludicola Kemp, 1915
Alpheus platycheirus (Boone, 1927)⇒ Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971Richardson's Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862Ice cold buttercup
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus ventrosus (H. Milne-Edw..., 1837)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
Athanas mendax Ahyong, 2015
Betaeopsis aequimanus Dana, 1852Alpheid Shrimp
Betaeus aequimanus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Betaeopsis aequimanus Dana, 1852
Betaeus equimanus (Lockington, 1877)⇒ Betaeus harfordi Kingsley, 1878
Betaeus granulimanus Yokoya, 1927
Betaeus harfordi Kingsley, 1878Abalone visored shrimp
Rugathanas verrucosus Banner & Banner, 1960
Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900De Man's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral 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