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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Queensland (East Australia, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
292
1325
3188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
290
1321
3183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
129
724
1985
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
128
719
1972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
118
682
1857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
20
139
495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
5
32
182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
16
128
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Queensland
16 Genera with 128 Species
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1994pistol shrimps88SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aretopsis De Man, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 20116SpeciesTaxom
Athanopsis Coutière, 20112SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Batella Holthuis, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Potamalpheops Powell, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Prionalpheus Banner & Banner, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Racilius Paul’son, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19722SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 187524SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Queensland
128 Species and 7 Subspecies
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis yaldwyni Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheus acutocarinatus De Man, 1909
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus anchistus De Man, 1920
Alpheus architectus De Man, 1897
Alpheus astrinx Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus australiensis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus bannerorum Bruce, 1987
Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus bicostatus De Man, 1908
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849Flathead snapping shrimp
Alpheus brevirostris Olivier, 1811
Alpheus brucei Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus chiragricus H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus comatularum (Haswell, 1882)⇒ Synalpheus comatularum Haswell, 1882
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844Forceps snapping shrimp
Alpheus djeddensis Coutière, 1897Djeddah Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus dolorus
Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus ehlersii De Man, 1909
Alpheus eulimene De Man, 1909
Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897Green Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus facetus De Man, 1908
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Alpheus heronicus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus hutchingsae Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus inopinatus Holthuis & G..., 1958
Alpheus labis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus leviusculus leviusculus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus maindroni Coutière, 1898
Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus microstylus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Alpheus moretensis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus neptunus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876Dense twinpod
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus papillosus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parasocialis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus imitatrix De Man, 1909
Alpheus pareuchirus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus polyxo De Man, 1909
Alpheus praedator De Man, 1908
Alpheus pubescens De Man, 1908
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 serenei Tiwari, 1964
Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862Ice cold buttercup
Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897Bristle Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus stantoni Banner & Banner, 1986
Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
Alpheus stephensoni Banner & Sma..., 1969Queensland Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus strenuus cremnus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sudara Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus ventrosus (H. Milne-Edw..., 1837)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus villosus Olivier, 1811
Alpheus williamsi Bruce, 1994
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 daviei Anker, 2011
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936San Bernardino spineflower
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas shawnsmithi Anker, 2011
Athanopsis brevirostris Banner & Banner, 1981
Athanopsis saurus Anker, 2011
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Batella parvimanus Spence Bate, 1888
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Potamalpheops hanleyi Bruce, 1991
Prionalpheus triarticulatus Banner & Banner, 1960
Racilius compressus Paul´son, 1875
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Salmoneus alpheophilus Anker & Marin, 2006
Salmoneus gracilipes Miya, 1972
Synalpheus ancistrorhynchus De Man, 1909
Synalpheus carinatus De Man, 1888
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus comatularum Haswell, 1882
Synalpheus coutierei Banner, 1953
Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900De Man's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus falcatus (Spence Bate, 1888)⇒ Synalpheus comatularum Haswell, 1882
Synalpheus gracilirostris De Man, 1910
Synalpheus harpagatrus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus heroni Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus iocasta De Man, 1909
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus neomeris pocockii
Synalpheus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus pescadorensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus quadrispinosus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888Crinoid Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus theano De Man, 1910
Synalpheus tijou Banner & Banner, 1982
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