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Checklist for Superfamily Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
136
305
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
135
304
387
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
66
164
239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
65
161
236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
59
147
217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
10
16
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
4
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Peninsula
2 Families width 6 Species
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852Anemone shrimp3SpeciesTaxom
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Peninsula
4 Genera with 6 Species
Hippolysmata Stimpson, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Latreutes Stimpson, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Leontocaris Stebbing, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 19093SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
6 Species
Hippolysmata wurdemanni Gibbes, 1850
Latreutes fucorum Fabricius, 1798Slender sargassum shrimp
Leontocaris paulsoni Stebbing, 1905
Synalpheus brooksi Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus longicarpus Herrick, 1891
Synalpheus townsendi Coutière, 1909Townsend snapping shrimp

Subnodes of Alpheoidea with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, cracker shrimps, Pistol shrimp, Pistol shrimps, snapping prawns, Snapping shrimp, Snapping shrimps
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippolytidae
Dana, 1852
Anemone shrimp, Anemone shrimps, Broken-back shrimp, Broken-back shrimps, Cleaner shrimps, Cock Shrimps, Humpback Prawns
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Alpheoidea at artfakta.se
Alpheoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Alpheoidea at dyntaxa.se
Alpheoidea at itis.gov
Alpheoidea at marinespecies.org