Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Alpheoidea for Limon (Costa Rica)

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Checklist for Superfamily Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Limon (Costa Rica)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	74 122 157	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	74 122 157	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	43 76 108	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	43 76 108	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	39 67 98	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Caridea Dana, 1852 Caridean shrimps	4 7 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 2 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Limon
2 Families width 5 Species

Alpheidae (Rafinesque, 1815)	Alpheid shrimp	4	Species	Taxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852	Anemone shrimp	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Limon
2 Genera with 5 Species

Alpheus Fabricius, 1927	pistol shrimps	4	Species	Taxom
Hippolyte Leach, 1852		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Limon
5 Species

Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837	Banded snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838	Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus peasei Armstrong, 1940	Orangetail snapping shrimp
Alpheus platycheirus (Boone, 1927)	⇒ Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
Hippolyte obliquimanus Dana, 1852	Western Atlantic Shrimp

Subnodes of Alpheoidea with occurrences in Limon

Family	Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, cracker shrimps, Pistol shrimp, Pistol shrimps, snapping prawns, Snapping shrimp, Snapping shrimps	1 4	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 Anemone shrimp, Anemone shrimps, Broken-back shrimp, Broken-back shrimps, Cleaner shrimps, Cock Shrimps, Humpback Prawns	1 1	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