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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
375
1949
5357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
372
1943
5351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
149
943
3174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
146
934
3122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
137
888
2974
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
28
183
700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
7
46
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
20
188
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Polynesia
20 Genera with 188 Species
Acanthanas Anker, Poddo..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19737SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1837pistol shrimps113SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 191013SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Betaeopsis Yaldwyn, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 18784SpeciesTaxom
Hamalpheus Bruce & Iliffe, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Leptalpheus A.B. Williams, 19752SpeciesTaxom
Metabetaeus Borradaile, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Nennalpheus A. H. Banner..., 19101SpeciesTaxom
Parabetaeus Coutière, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Prionalpheus Banner & Banner, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Richalpheus Anker & Jeng, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19599SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 187523SpeciesTaxom
Vexillipar Chace, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
188 Species and 8 Subspecies
Acanthanas pusillus Anker, Poddo..., 2006
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis biunguiculata Banner, 1953
Alpheopsis consobrinus (De Man, 1910)⇒ Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis diabolus Banner, 1956
Alpheopsis equalis Coutière, 1903
Alpheopsis garricki Yaldwyn, 1971
Alpheopsis yaldwyni Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Alpheus albatrossae Banner, 1953
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus anchistus De Man, 1920
Alpheus architectus De Man, 1897
Alpheus avarus J. C. Fabricius, 1798
Alpheus baccheti Anker, 2010
Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877Olive snapping shrimp
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus brachymerus Banner, 1953
Alpheus bradypus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus collumianus inermis (Banner, 1956)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus collumianus medius (Banner, 1956)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus collumianus probabilis (Banner, 1956)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus coutierei De Man, 1909
Alpheus crassimanus (Heller, 1865)⇒ Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus crockeri Armstrong, 1941
Alpheus cythereus Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
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 eulimene De Man, 1909
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus funafutensis Borradaile, 1899
Alpheus fuvafutensis
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Alpheus heeia Banner & Banner, 1975
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
Alpheus hoplites Nobili, 1906
Alpheus huikau (Banner, 1959)⇒ Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905
Alpheus insignis (Heller, 1861)⇒ Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus ladronis Banner, 1956
Alpheus laevis (Randall, 1840)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus lanceloti Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus leviusculus leviusculus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus longipalma Komai & Ohtomi, 2018
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus mackayi A. H. Banner, 1959
Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835European Big Claw Snapping Prawn
Alpheus macrochirus (Richters, 1880)⇒ Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus microscaphis Banner, 1959
Alpheus microstylus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852
Alpheus nobili Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus nonalter Kensley, 1969
Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876Dense twinpod
Alpheus novaezelandiae (Miers, 1876)⇒ Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876
Alpheus oahuensis Banner, 1953
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus ovaliceps Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus paludicola Kemp, 1915
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paracrinitus bengalensis (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881
Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905
Alpheus paragracilis (Coutière, 1897)⇒ Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus imitatrix De Man, 1909
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956
Alpheus philoctetes De Man, 1909
Alpheus phrygianus (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus platycheirus (Boone, 1927)⇒ Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus platyunguiculatus Banner, 1953
Alpheus praedator De Man, 1908
Alpheus prolificus (Spence Bate, 1888)⇒ Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861
Alpheus providencei (Coutière, 1908)⇒ Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pseudopugnax Banner, 1953
Alpheus randalli Banner & Banner, 1980Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp
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 rostratipes (Pocock, 1890)⇒ Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Alpheus rostratus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus savuensis De Man, 1908
Alpheus seurati (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862Ice cold buttercup
Alpheus soelae Banner & Banner, 1986
Alpheus spiniger (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Synalpheus spiniger Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus triphopus Nobili, 1906Hydrangea
Alpheus ventrosus (H. Milne-Edw..., 1837)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
Athanas borradailei (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas dorsalis (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
Athanas gracilis Boone, 1935
Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas marshallensis Chace, 1955
Athanas mendax Ahyong, 2015
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas polynesia (Banner & Banner, 1966)⇒ Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Athanas rhothionastes Banner & Banner, 1960
Athanas sibogae (De Man, 1910)⇒ Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Automate anacanthopus De Man, 1910
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate gardineri (Coutière, 1902)⇒ Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Betaeopsis acanthops Bruce & Iliffe, 1991
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
Hamalpheus acanthops (Bruce & Iliffe, 1991)⇒ Betaeopsis acanthops Bruce & Iliffe, 1991
Leptalpheus denticulatus Anker & Marin, 2009
Leptalpheus pacificus Banner & Banner, 1975
Metabetaeus lohena Banner & Banner, 1960Anchialine snapping shrimp
Metabetaeus mcphersonae Anker, 2010
Metabetaeus minutus Whitelegge, 1897
Metalpheus hawaiiensis Edmondson, 1925Hawaiian snapping shrimp
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Nennalpheus sibogae De Man, 1910
Parabetaeus culliereti Coutière, 1897
Parabetaeus euryone De Man, 1910
Prionalpheus brachytomeus Banner & Banner, 1971
Prionalpheus triarticulatus Banner & Banner, 1960
Richalpheus alpheoides Anker, 2011
Richalpheus palmeri Anker & Jeng, 2006Palmer´s Alpheus-Shrimp
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Rugathanas verrucosus Banner & Banner, 1960
Salmoneus alpheophilus Anker & Marin, 2006
Salmoneus brevirostris Edmondson, 1930
Salmoneus gracilipes Miya, 1972
Salmoneus mauiensis Edmondson, 1930
Salmoneus poupini Anker, 2011
Salmoneus serratidigitus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus tafaongae Banner & Banner, 1966
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Synalpheus albatrossi Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus bituberculatus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus biunguiculatus Stimpson, 1860Twoclaw snapping shrimp
Synalpheus brachyceros Nobili, 1906
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus coutierei Banner, 1953
Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900De Man's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus gracilirostris De Man, 1910
Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus heroni Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus laticeps Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus nobilii Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus redactocarpus Banner, 1953
Synalpheus spiniger Stimpson, 1860
Synalpheus stimpsoni De Man, 1888
Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888Crinoid Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus thai Banner & Banner, 1966
Synalpheus tumidomanus Paul’son, 1875
Synalpheus tumidomanus 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