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Checklist for Superfamily Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Malden Island (Central Line Islands, Micronesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
18
51
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
18
51
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
16
45
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
16
45
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
16
45
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
4
12
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
6
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Malden Island
2 Families width 12 Species
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp10SpeciesTaxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878Anemone shrimp2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Malden Island
6 Genera with 12 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1967pistol shrimps6SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Thinora Bruce, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Thor Kingsley, 19351SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malden Island
12 Species
Alpheus crockeri Armstrong, 1941
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
Thor spinosus Boone, 1935

Subnodes of Alpheoidea with occurrences in Malden Island
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, cracker shrimps, Pistol shrimp, Pistol shrimps, snapping prawns, Snapping shrimp, Snapping shrimps
4
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

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