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Checklist for Superfamily Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Guyana (Northern South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
85
186
300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
85
186
300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
53
120
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
53
120
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
46
97
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
10
21
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
5
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Guyana
3 Families width 7 Species
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp3SpeciesTaxom
Lysmatidae Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852Anemone shrimp2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Guyana
5 Genera with 7 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1818pistol shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Exhippolysmata Stebbing, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Hippolysmata Stimpson, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Hippolyte Leach, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 19091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Guyana
7 Species
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818Bigclaw snapping shrimp
Exhippolysmata oplophorides
Exhippolysmata oplophoroides Holthuis, 1948Cock shrimp
Hippolysmata (Exhippolysmata) oplophoroides (Holthuis, 1948)⇒ Exhippolysmata oplophoroides Holthuis, 1948
Hippolyte obliquimanus Dana, 1852Western Atlantic Shrimp
Synalpheus brooksi Coutière, 1909

Subnodes of Alpheoidea with occurrences in Guyana
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, cracker shrimps, Pistol shrimp, Pistol shrimps, snapping prawns, Snapping shrimp, Snapping shrimps
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippolytidae
Dana, 1852
Anemone shrimp, Anemone shrimps, Broken-back shrimp, Broken-back shrimps, Cleaner shrimps, Cock Shrimps, Humpback Prawns
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLysmatidae
Dana, 1852
1
2
Genus
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