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Checklist for Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Alpheid shrimp)
and region Wake Island (Micronesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
33
79
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
33
79
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
29
74
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
29
74
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
27
72
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
5
16
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
7
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, Cracker shrimps
5
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Wake Island
5 Genera with 12 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1775pistol shrimps6SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 19052SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wake Island
12 Species
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate gardineri (Coutière, 1902)⇒ Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905


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