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Checklist for Superfamily Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Micronesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
198
800
2008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
196
798
2006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
110
585
1672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
108
579
1658
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
100
560
1612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
18
133
408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
5
30
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Micronesia
5 Families width 158 Species and 6 Subspecies
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp132SpeciesTaxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852Anemone shrimp12SpeciesTaxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878Anemone shrimp9SpeciesTaxom
Lysmatidae Dana, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Barbouriidae Christoffersen, 19871SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Micronesia
30 Genera with 158 Species
#ABCGHLMPRST
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19734SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1837pistol shrimps83SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aretopsis De Man, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 19609SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 19554SpeciesTaxom
Betaeopsis Yaldwyn, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Betaeus Dana, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Bruceopsis Anker, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Caridion Goës, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Coronalpheus Wicksten, 1999
0SpeciesTaxom
Gelastocaris Kemp, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Heptacarpus Holmes, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Hippolyte Leach, 18374SpeciesTaxom
Latreutes Stimpson, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Lebbeus White, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Leptalpheus A.B. Williams, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Lysmata Risso, 19413SpeciesTaxom
Lysmatella Borradaile, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Metabetaeus Borradaile, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Parabetaeus Coutière, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Parhippolyte Borradaile, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Phycocaris Kemp, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19598SpeciesTaxom
Saron Thallwitz, 19843SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 187516SpeciesTaxom
Thinora Bruce, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Thor Kingsley, 19354SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Micronesia
158 Species and 6 Subspecies
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis diabolus Banner, 1956
Alpheopsis equalis Coutière, 1903
Alpheopsis yaldwyni Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Alpheus adamastor Coutière, 1908
Alpheus albatrossae Banner, 1953
Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Alpheus amirantei Coutière, 1908
Alpheus amirantei sizou (Banner & Banner, 1967)⇒ Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Alpheus anchistus De Man, 1920
Alpheus angustilineatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus audouini Coutière, 1905
Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus collumianus inermis (Banner, 1956)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus collumianus medius (Banner, 1956)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus crassimanus (Heller, 1865)⇒ Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Alpheus crockeri Armstrong, 1941
Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909Djibouti Pistolshrimp
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus dolorus
Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus edwarsii Audouin, 1827
Alpheus ehlersii De Man, 1909
Alpheus eulimene De Man, 1909
Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897Green Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus fujitai Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus funafutensis Borradaile, 1899
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus huikau (Banner, 1959)⇒ Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus mackayi A. H. Banner, 1959
Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835European Big Claw Snapping Prawn
Alpheus macrochirus (Richters, 1880)⇒ Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus microrhynchus De Man, 1897
Alpheus microscaphis Banner, 1959
Alpheus microstylus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852
Alpheus oahuensis Banner, 1953
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paracrinitus bengalensis (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881
Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905
Alpheus paragracilis (Coutière, 1897)⇒ Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956
Alpheus platyunguiculatus Banner, 1953
Alpheus praedator De Man, 1908
Alpheus pseudopugnax Banner, 1953
Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908Partner Shrimp
Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798Blue And Yellow Goby Shrimp
Alpheus rostratus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus serenei Tiwari, 1964
Alpheus seurati (Coutière, 1905)⇒ Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Alpheus soror Bruce, 1999Blue-spot Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus superciliaris Coutière, 1905
Alpheus thompsoni Anker, 2022Thompson's Bulldozer Shrimp
Alpheus ventrosus (H. Milne-Edw..., 1837)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Aretopsis amabilis De Man, 1910Hermit Crab Alpheid Shrimp
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897Black-sided Bulldozer-shrimp
Athanas dorsalis (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas marshallensis Chace, 1955
Athanas ornithorhynchus Banner & Banner, 1973
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Athanas rhothionastes Banner & Banner, 1960
Automate anacanthopus De Man, 1910
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate gardineri (Coutière, 1902)⇒ Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Automate johnsoni (Chace, 1955)⇒ Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Betaeopsis indica De Man, 1910
Betaeus setosus J.F.L. Hart, 1964Fuzzy hooded shrimp
Bruceopsis guamensis Anker, 2010
Bruceopsis projectus (Anker, 2010)⇒ Bruceopsis projecta Anker, 2010
Caridion steveni Lebour, 1930Steven's Shrimp
Gelastocaris paronae Nobili, 1905Cryptic Sponge Shrimp
Gelastocaris paronai Nobili, 1905
Heptacarpus brevirostris Dana, 1852Shortspine shrimp
Heptacarpus paludicola Holmes, 1900California coastal shrimp
Heptacarpus stylus Stimpson, 1864Stiletto coastal shrimp
Hippolyte clarki Chace, 1951Kelp humpback shrimp
Hippolyte gibberosus (H. Milne Edw..., 1840)⇒ Saron marmoratus Olivier, 1811
Hippolyte jarvinensis Hayashi, 1981
Hippolyte ventricosa H. Milne Edw..., 1837Broken-back Shrimp
Latreutes bicornis Kemp, 1925Mole Shrimp
Lebbeus washingtonianus Rathbun, 1902Slope lebbeid
Leptalpheus denticulatus Anker & Marin, 2009
Lysmata guamensis Anker & Cox, 2011
Lysmata tramitis
Lysmata zacae Armstrong, 1941
Lysmatella prima Borradaile, 1915Ambon Cleaner Shrimp
Metabetaeus minutus Whitelegge, 1897
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Parabetaeus culliereti Coutière, 1897
Parabetaeus euryone De Man, 1910
Parhippolyte misticia J. Clark, 1989Candycane Shrimp
Phycocaris simulans Kemp, 1916Algae Shrimp
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Salmoneus colinorum De Grave, 2004
Salmoneus gracilipes Miya, 1972
Salmoneus komaii Anker, 2011
Salmoneus latirostris Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus paulayi Anker, 2011
Salmoneus serratidigitus Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Saron marmoratus Olivier, 1811Common Marble Shrimp
Saron neglectus De Man, 1902Eyespot shrimp
Saron rectirostris Hayashi, 1984Purple-legged Marbleshrimp
Synalpheus anceps Banner, 1956
Synalpheus brucei (Potts, 1915)⇒ Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888
Synalpheus carinatus De Man, 1888
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus charon obscurus (Banner, 1956)⇒ Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861
Synalpheus coutierei Banner, 1953
Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900De Man's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus gracilirostris De Man, 1910
Synalpheus heroni Coutière, 1909
Synalpheus laticeps Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus readi Banner & Banner, 1972
Synalpheus stimpsoni De Man, 1888
Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888Crinoid Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus tumidomanus Paul’son, 1875
Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
Thor amboinensis De Man, 1888Anemone shrimp
Thor maldivensis (Borradaile, 1915)⇒ Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
Thor paschalis Heller, 1862Easter Shrimp
Thor spinosus Boone, 1935

Subnodes of Alpheoidea with occurrences in Micronesia
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, cracker shrimps, Pistol shrimp, Pistol shrimps, snapping prawns, Snapping shrimp, Snapping shrimps
17
132
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBarbouriidae
Christoffersen, 1987
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippolytidae
Dana, 1852
Anemone shrimp, Anemone shrimps, Broken-back shrimp, Broken-back shrimps, Cleaner shrimps, Cock Shrimps, Humpback Prawns
6
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLysmatidae
Dana, 1852
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThoridae
Kingsley, 1878
anemone shrimp, Broken-back shrimp
4
9
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