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Checklist for Superfamily Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Cook Islands (Polynesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
77
160
238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
77
160
238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
44
114
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
44
114
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
41
111
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
6
21
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
8
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cook Islands
3 Families width 26 Species and 1 Subspecies
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp22SpeciesTaxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852Anemone shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Thoridae (Kingsley, 1878)Anemone shrimp3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cook Islands
8 Genera with 26 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1852pistol shrimps16SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Hippolyte Leach, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Thinora Bruce, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Thor Kingsley, 19152SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cook Islands
26 Species and 1 Subspecies
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus collumianus medius (Banner, 1956)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus crockeri Armstrong, 1941
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909Djibouti Pistolshrimp
Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus insignis (Heller, 1861)⇒ Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus ovaliceps Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas dorsalis (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Hippolyte edmondsoni Hayashi, 1981
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus mauiensis Edmondson, 1930
Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
Thor amboinensis De Man, 1888Anemone shrimp
Thor maldivensis (Borradaile, 1915)⇒ Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915

Subnodes of Alpheoidea with occurrences in Cook Islands
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, cracker shrimps, Pistol shrimp, Pistol shrimps, snapping prawns, Snapping shrimp, Snapping shrimps
5
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippolytidae
Dana, 1852
Anemone shrimp, Anemone shrimps, Broken-back shrimp, Broken-back shrimps, Cleaner shrimps, Cock Shrimps, Humpback Prawns
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyThoridae
Kingsley, 1878
anemone shrimp, Broken-back shrimp
2
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