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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Southeast Asia (Far East)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
333
2050
7551
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
332
2049
7550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
158
1290
5820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
156
1282
5779
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
147
1225
5428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
25
228
1267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
7
50
365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
28
294
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southeast Asia
28 Genera with 294 Species
#ABCJLMNPRSTV
Acanthanas Anker, Poddo..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Alpheopsis Coutière, 197311SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1980pistol shrimps159SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19106SpeciesTaxom
Aretopsis De Man, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 191022SpeciesTaxom
Athanopsis Coutière, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Bannereus Bruce, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Batella Holthuis, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Betaeopsis Yaldwyn, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Cryptophthalmus Rafinesque, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Jengalpheops Anker & Dwor..., 20071SpeciesTaxom
Leptalpheus A.B. Williams, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Metabetaeus Borradaile, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Nennalpheus A. H. Banner..., 19102SpeciesTaxom
Parabetaeus Coutière, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Potamalpheops Powell, 19975SpeciesTaxom
Prionalpheus Banner & Banner, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Racilius Paul’son, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Richalpheus Anker & Jeng, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 201916SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 187569SpeciesTaxom
Thuylamea Nguyên, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Vexillipar Chace, 19881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southeast Asia
294 Species and 23 Subspecies
Acanthanas pusillus Anker, Poddo..., 2006
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis chalciope De Man, 1910
Alpheopsis consobrinus (De Man, 1910)⇒ Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis diabolus Banner, 1956
Alpheopsis equalis Coutière, 1903
Alpheopsis euryone (De Man, 1910)⇒ Parabetaeus euryone De Man, 1910
Alpheopsis keiji Anker, 2017
Alpheopsis sibogae (De Man, 1910)⇒ Nennalpheus sibogae De Man, 1910
Alpheopsis trispinosa (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Alpheopsis trispinosus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheopsis vietnamensis Tiwari, 1964
Alpheopsis yaldwyni Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheus acanthomerus (Ortmann, 1890)⇒ Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Alpheus acutocarinatus De Man, 1909
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Alpheus aequalis (Kingsley, 1878)⇒ Betaeus harfordi Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus anchistus De Man, 1920
Alpheus arethusa De Man, 1909
Alpheus audouini Coutière, 1905
Alpheus avarus J. C. Fabricius, 1798
Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake, 1969Pretty Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus bicostatus De Man, 1908
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849Flathead snapping shrimp
Alpheus biunguiculatus (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Synalpheus biunguiculatus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Alpheus brevirostris Olivier, 1811
Alpheus brevirostris angustodigitus (De Man, 1911)⇒ Alpheus brevirostris Olivier, 1811
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus canaliculatus Banner & Banner, 1968
Alpheus carinatus (De Man, 1888)⇒ Synalpheus carinatus De Man, 1888
Alpheus chacei Carvacho, 1979
Alpheus chiragricus H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus collumianus probabilis (Banner, 1956)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus compressus Banner & Banner, 1981
Alpheus consobrinus (De Man, 1908)⇒ Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus coutierei De Man, 1909
Alpheus crassimanus (Heller, 1865)⇒ Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
Alpheus crinatus
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus crockeri Armstrong, 1941
Alpheus cyanoteles Yeo & Ng, 1996
Alpheus cythereus Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus davaoensis Chace, 1988
Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832Mediterranean Snapping Prawn
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844Forceps snapping shrimp
Alpheus dispar (Randall, 1840)⇒ Alpheus brevirostris Olivier, 1811
Alpheus distinguendus (Man, 1909)⇒ Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844
Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909Djibouti Pistolshrimp
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus dolorus
Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus edwarsii Audouin, 1827
Alpheus ehlersii De Man, 1909
Alpheus euchirus Dana, 1852
Alpheus eulimene De Man, 1909
Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897Green Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus euphrosyne euphrosyne De Man, 1897
Alpheus eurydactylus (De Man, 1920)⇒ Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897
Alpheus facetus De Man, 1908
Alpheus fasqueli Anker, 2001
Alpheus fenneri Bruce, 1994
Alpheus floridanus africanus Balss, 1916
Alpheus foresti Banner & Banner, 1981
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus funafutensis Borradaile, 1899
Alpheus gracilidigitus (Miers, 1884)⇒ Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus gracilis luciparensis (De Man, 1911)⇒ Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861
Alpheus haanii Ortmann, 1890
Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
Alpheus hyphalus Chace, 1988
Alpheus insignis (Heller, 1861)⇒ Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus japonicus Miers, 1879Japanese snapping shrimp
Alpheus ladronis Banner, 1956
Alpheus laevis (Randall, 1840)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus laeviusculus (Lockington, 1878)⇒ Synalpheus digueti Coutière, 1909
Alpheus lanceloti Coutière, 1905
Alpheus latifrons (A. Milne-Edw..., 1873)⇒ Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Alpheus lepidus De Man, 1908
Alpheus leptochiroides De Man, 1909
Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus longipalma Komai & Ohtomi, 2018
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus macellarius Chace, 1988
Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835European Big Claw Snapping Prawn
Alpheus macrochirus (Richters, 1880)⇒ Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus macrodactylus (Ortmann, 1890)⇒ Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus macroskeles Alcock & And..., 1899
Alpheus maindroni Coutière, 1898
Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus malabaricus songkla (Banner & Banner, 1966)⇒ Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus malleodigitus gracilicarpus (De Man, 1909)⇒ Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus microrhynchus De Man, 1897
Alpheus microstylus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852
Alpheus neptunus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Alpheus nipa Banner & Banner, 1985
Alpheus nonalter Kensley, 1969
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 paraculeipes (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897
Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus paralpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus imitatrix De Man, 1909
Alpheus pareuchirus leucothea (De Man, 1909)⇒ Alpheus pareuchirus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parvimaculatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus parvus De Man, 1909
Alpheus philoctetes De Man, 1909
Alpheus polyxo De Man, 1909
Alpheus pomatoceros (Banner & Banner, 1966)⇒ Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus praedator De Man, 1908
Alpheus proseuchirus De Man, 1908
Alpheus pubescens De Man, 1908
Alpheus pustulosus Banner & Banner, 1968
Alpheus quasirapacida Chace, 1988
Alpheus randalli Banner & Banner, 1980Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908Partner Shrimp
Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798Blue And Yellow Goby Shrimp
Alpheus savuensis De Man, 1908
Alpheus serenei Tiwari, 1964
Alpheus sibogae De Man, 1908
Alpheus soela Banner & Banner, 1986
Alpheus soelae Banner & Banner, 1986
Alpheus soror Bruce, 1999Blue-spot Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus spatulatus Banner & Banner, 1968
Alpheus spiniger (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Synalpheus spiniger Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897Bristle Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus stanleyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus stanleyi dearmatus (De Man, 1910)⇒ Alpheus stanleyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
Alpheus stimpsonii (De Man, 1888)⇒ Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852
Alpheus styliceps Coutière, 1905
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sudara Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus suluensis Chace, 1988
Alpheus supachai Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus tenuicarpus De Man, 1908
Alpheus tenuipes De Man, 1910
Alpheus thompsoni Anker, 2022Thompson's Bulldozer Shrimp
Alpheus tricolor Anker, 2001Three-colored Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus ventrosus (H. Milne-Edw..., 1837)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus xishaensis Liu & Lan, 1980
Arete acanthocarpus Miya & Miyake, 1968
Arete amboinensis De Man, 1910
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Arete iphianassa (De Man, 1910)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Arete maruteensis salibabuensis (De Man, 1910)⇒ Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
Aretopsis amabilis De Man, 1910Hermit Crab Alpheid Shrimp
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
Athanas borradailei (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Athanas dentirostris Anker, Jeng ..., 2001
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas dimorphus seedang (Banner & Banner, 1966)⇒ Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas dorsalis (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
Athanas gracilipes Banner & Banner, 1978
Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936San Bernardino spineflower
Athanas jedanensis De Man, 1910
Athanas kominatoensis (Kubo, 1942)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas marshallensis Chace, 1955
Athanas minikoensis Coutière, 1903
Athanas naga Banner & Banner, 1966
Athanas ornithorhynchus Banner & Banner, 1973
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas polymorphus Kemp, 1915
Athanas shawnsmithi Anker, 2011
Athanas sibogae (De Man, 1910)⇒ Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas stebbingii De Man, 1920
Athanas tenuipes De Man, 1910
Athanopsis gotoi Anker, 2012
Automate anacanthopus De Man, 1910
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate gardineri (Coutière, 1902)⇒ Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Batella leptocarpus Chace, 1988
Batella parvimanus Spence Bate, 1888
Betaeopsis indica De Man, 1910
Betaeus harfordi Kingsley, 1878Abalone visored shrimp
Betaeus indicus (De Man, 1910)⇒ Betaeopsis indica De Man, 1910
Cryptophthalmus olivaceus (Ehrenberg, 1831)⇒ Lathophthalmus smaragdinus Rüppell & Le..., 1828
Jengalpheops rufus Anker & Dwor..., 2007
Leptalpheus denticulatus Anker & Marin, 2009
Metabetaeus lohena Banner & Banner, 1960Anchialine snapping shrimp
Metabetaeus minutus Whitelegge, 1897
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Nennalpheus inarticulatus Banner & Banner, 1981
Nennalpheus sibogae De Man, 1910
Parabetaeus euryone De Man, 1910
Potamalpheops amnicus Yeo & Ng, 1997
Potamalpheops johnsoni Anker, 2003
Potamalpheops miyai Yeo & Ng, 1997
Potamalpheops pininsulae Bruce & Iliffe, 1992
Potamalpheops tigger Yeo & Ng, 1997
Prionalpheus sulu Banner & Banner, 1971
Racilius compressus Paul´son, 1875
Richalpheus palmeri Anker & Jeng, 2006Palmer´s Alpheus-Shrimp
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Salmoneus alpheophilus Anker & Marin, 2006
Salmoneus brevirostris Edmondson, 1930
Salmoneus brucei Komai, 2009
Salmoneus bruni Banner & Banner, 1966
Salmoneus cristatus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus gracilipes Miya, 1972
Salmoneus hilarulus De Man, 1910
Salmoneus latirostris Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus pinguis Komai & Anker, 2012
Salmoneus rostratus Barnard, 1962Lip triton
Salmoneus serratidigitus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus sibogae De Man, 1910
Salmoneus singaporensis Anker, 2003
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus venustus Anker, 2019
Synalpheus acanthitelsonis (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus amabilis De Man, 1910
Synalpheus amboinae Zehntner, 1894
Synalpheus ancistrorhynchus De Man, 1909
Synalpheus antenor De Man, 1910
Synalpheus bakeri stormi (De Man, 1911)⇒ Synalpheus fossor Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus bispinosus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus bituberculatus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus biunguiculatus Stimpson, 1860Twoclaw snapping shrimp
Synalpheus carinatus De Man, 1888
Synalpheus carinatus binongcensis (De Man, 1909)⇒ Synalpheus carinatus De Man, 1888
Synalpheus carinatus ubianensis (De Man, 1909)⇒ Synalpheus carinatus De Man, 1888
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus consobrinus (De Man, 1909)⇒ Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888
Synalpheus coutierei Banner, 1953
Synalpheus cretoculatus Banner & Banner, 1979
Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900De Man's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus digueti Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus dorae Bruce, 1988
Synalpheus echinus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus fossor Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus fossor propinqua (De Man, 1909)⇒ Synalpheus fossor Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus gracilirostris De Man, 1910
Synalpheus harpagatrus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus hastilicrassus acanthitelsoniformis (De Man, 1920)⇒ Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus heroni Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus iocasta De Man, 1909
Synalpheus iocosta De Man, 1909
Synalpheus iphinoe De Man, 1909
Synalpheus iphionoe
Synalpheus jedanensis De Man, 1909
Synalpheus laticeps Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus lophodactylus Coutière, 1908
Synalpheus miscellaneus (De Man, 1909)⇒ Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897
Synalpheus modestus De Man, 1909Modest Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus mortenseni Banner & Banner, 1985
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus nilandensis bandaensis (De Man, 1909)⇒ Synalpheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus odontophorus De Man, 1909
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus paraneomeris praedabunda (De Man, 1909)⇒ Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus paulsoni Nobili, 1906Hydrangea
Synalpheus pescadorensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus pococki Coutière, 1898
Synalpheus quadriarticulatus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus quadridens (De Man, 1910)⇒ Synalpheus quadrispinosus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus quadrispinosus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus sciro Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus septemspinosus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus sluiteri (De Man, 1920)⇒ Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus spiniger Stimpson, 1860
Synalpheus stimpsoni De Man, 1888
Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888Crinoid Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus streptodactyloides (De Man, 1909)⇒ Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus striatus (Kubo, 1938)⇒ Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888
Synalpheus thai Banner & Banner, 1966
Synalpheus theano De Man, 1910
Synalpheus theophane (De Man, 1910)⇒ Synalpheus tumidomanus tumidomanus Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus townsendi Coutière, 1909Townsend snapping shrimp
Synalpheus triacanthus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus trispinosus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus tropidodactylus Banner & Banner, 1975
Synalpheus tumidomanus Paul’son, 1875
Synalpheus tumidomanus tumidomanus Paul´son, 1875
Thuylamea camelus Nguyên, 2001
Vexillipar repandum Chace, 1988


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