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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
174
484
799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
172
481
798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
68
180
284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
68
180
284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
65
169
270
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
12
30
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
9
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
5
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Australia
5 Genera with 21 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1811pistol shrimps13SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Athanopsis Coutière, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 18755SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Australia
21 Species
Alpheus astrinx Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus australiensis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus neptunus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876Dense twinpod
Alpheus parasocialis Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971Richardson's Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862Ice cold buttercup
Alpheus villosus Olivier, 1811
Athanas granti Coutière, 1908
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Betaeus australis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Synalpheus fossor Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus harpagatrus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral Snapping Shrimp
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