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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
103
280
570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
103
280
570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
64
214
495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
64
214
495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
58
206
484
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
9
43
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
13
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
10
59
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Samoa
10 Genera with 59 Species
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1837pistol shrimps37SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 19107SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Betaeopsis Yaldwyn, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Hamalpheus Bruce & Iliffe, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 18758SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Samoa
59 Species and 2 Subspecies
Alpheopsis equalis Coutière, 1903
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus bradypus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus collumianus inermis (Banner, 1956)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus collumianus probabilis (Banner, 1956)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus crassimanus (Heller, 1865)⇒ Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus funafutensis Borradaile, 1899
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus huikau (Banner, 1959)⇒ Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Alpheus ladronis Banner, 1956
Alpheus laevis (Randall, 1840)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus lanceloti 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 malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus microstylus Spence Bate, 1888
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 savuensis De Man, 1908
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 borradailei (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas polynesia (Banner & Banner, 1966)⇒ Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Athanas sibogae (De Man, 1910)⇒ Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate gardineri (Coutière, 1902)⇒ Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Betaeopsis acanthops Bruce & Iliffe, 1991
Hamalpheus acanthops (Bruce & Iliffe, 1991)⇒ Betaeopsis acanthops Bruce & Iliffe, 1991
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Synalpheus coutierei Banner, 1953
Synalpheus gracilirostris De Man, 1910
Synalpheus heroni Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus laticeps Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus redactocarpus Banner, 1953
Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
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