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Checklist for Superfamily Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
246
1090
2530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
245
1089
2527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
134
788
2104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
133
784
2097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
124
745
2006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
25
168
602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
7
31
166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
7 Families width 166 Species
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852Anemone shrimp15SpeciesTaxom
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp138SpeciesTaxom
Lysmatidae Dana, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878Anemone shrimp7SpeciesTaxom
Merguiidae Christoffersen, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955Long-eyed shrimps0SpeciesTaxom
Barbouriidae Christoffersen, 19871SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
31 Genera with 166 Species
#AEGHLMNOPRST
Alcyonohippolyte Marin, Okuno..., 19251SpeciesTaxom
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19737SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1811pistol shrimps83SpeciesTaxom
Arete Stimpson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Athanas Leach, 19106SpeciesTaxom
Automate De Man, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Exhippolysmata Stebbing, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Gelastocaris Kemp, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Hippolyte Leach, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Latreutes Stimpson, 19044SpeciesTaxom
Lebbeus White, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Leptalpheus A.B. Williams, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Lysmata Risso, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Lysmatella Borradaile, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Merguia Kemp, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Metalpheus Coutière, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Nennalpheus A. H. Banner..., 19101SpeciesTaxom
Ogyrides Stebbing, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Orygmalpheus De Grave & A..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Parabetaeus Coutière, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Parhippolyte Borradaile, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Racilius Paul’son, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Richalpheus Anker & Jeng, 20063SpeciesTaxom
Rugathanas Anker & Jeng, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Salmoneus Holthuis, 19598SpeciesTaxom
Saron Thallwitz, 19844SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 191019SpeciesTaxom
Thinora Bruce, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Thor Kingsley, 19834SpeciesTaxom
Thorella Bruce, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Tozeuma Stimpson, 18602SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
166 Species
Alcyonohippolyte commensalis Kemp, 1925
Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1897
Alpheopsis equalis Coutière, 1903
Alpheopsis keiji Anker, 2017
Alpheopsis trispinosa (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Alpheopsis trispinosus Stimpson, 1860
Alpheopsis undicola Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheopsis vietnamensis Tiwari, 1964
Alpheopsis yaldwyni Banner & Banner, 1973
Alpheus acutocarinatus De Man, 1909
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Alpheus aglaopheniae (Borradaile, 1900)⇒ Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Alpheus anchistus De Man, 1920
Alpheus angustilineatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus astrinx Banner & Banner, 1982
Alpheus bannerorum Bruce, 1987
Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Alpheus bicostatus De Man, 1908
Alpheus bidens Olivier, 1811Mottled Snapping Prawn
Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849Flathead snapping shrimp
Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus brevirostris Olivier, 1811
Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
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 digitalis De Haan, 1844Forceps snapping shrimp
Alpheus djeddensis Coutière, 1897Djeddah Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909Djibouti Pistolshrimp
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897Green Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus explorator Boone, 1935
Alpheus foresti Banner & Banner, 1981
Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Cyanobacteria Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus fushima Nomura, 2009
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860Daisy snapping shrimp
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Alpheus heterocarpus Yu, 1935
Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
Alpheus kuroshimensis Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus laevis (Randall, 1840)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus longipalma Komai & Ohtomi, 2018
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Coral pistol shrimp
Alpheus macellarius Chace, 1988
Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835European Big Claw Snapping Prawn
Alpheus macroskeles Alcock & And..., 1899
Alpheus malabaricus Fabricius, 1775
Alpheus malleodigitus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus microstylus Spence Bate, 1888
Alpheus neptunus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Alpheus nonalter Kensley, 1969
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881Smoothclaw snapping shrimp
Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905
Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
Alpheus parvimaculatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852Green Banded Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1908
Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956
Alpheus praedator De Man, 1908
Alpheus providencei (Coutière, 1908)⇒ Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908Partner Shrimp
Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798Blue And Yellow Goby Shrimp
Alpheus roseodigitalis Nomura & Anker, 2005
Alpheus rostratus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Alpheus savuensis De Man, 1908
Alpheus serenei Tiwari, 1964
Alpheus sibogae De Man, 1908
Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897Bristle Snapping Shrimp
Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852Snowflake snapping shrimp
Alpheus styliceps Coutière, 1905
Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)⇒ Alpheus lottini Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Alpheus sudara Banner & Banner, 1966
Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878Coulter's saltbush
Alpheus tenuipes De Man, 1910
Alpheus thompsoni Anker, 2022Thompson's Bulldozer Shrimp
Alpheus villosus Olivier, 1811
Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Arete indicus Coutière, 1903Striped Upside-down Shrimp
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894Hapeman's coolwort
Athanas gracilipes Banner & Banner, 1978
Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903)⇒ Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936San Bernardino spineflower
Athanas parvus De Man, 1910
Automate dolichognatha De Man, 1888
Exhippolysmata ensirostris Kemp, 1914Hunter shrimp
Gelastocaris paronae Nobili, 1905Cryptic Sponge Shrimp
Hippolyte commensalis (Kemp, 1925)⇒ Alcyonohippolyte commensalis Kemp, 1925
Hippolyte gibberosus (H. Milne Edw..., 1840)⇒ Saron marmoratus Olivier, 1811
Latreutes bicornis Kemp, 1925Mole Shrimp
Latreutes porcinus Kemp, 1916Big-nosed Seagrass Shrimp
Latreutes pygmoeus Nobili, 1904Bignose Seagrass Shrimp
Latreutes pymoeus (Nobili, 1904)⇒ Latreutes pygmoeus Nobili, 1904
Lebbeus manus Komai & Collins, 2009
Lebbeus washingtonianus Rathbun, 1902Slope lebbeid
Leptalpheus pacificus Banner & Banner, 1975
Lysmata amboinensis De Man, 1888Cleaner shrimp
Lysmata kuekenthali De Man, 1902Kükenthal's Cleaner Shrimp
Lysmatella prima Borradaile, 1915Ambon Cleaner Shrimp
Merguia oligodon De Man, 1888
Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897
Metalpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890
Nennalpheus sibogae De Man, 1910
Orygmalpheus polites De Grave & A..., 2000
Parabetaeus acanthus Anker, 2015
Parabetaeus culliereti Coutière, 1897
Parhippolyte misticia J. Clark, 1989Candycane Shrimp
Racilius compressus Paul´son, 1875
Richalpheus alpheoides Anker, 2011
Richalpheus dahabensis Anker & Dwor..., 2007
Richalpheus palmeri Anker & Jeng, 2006Palmer´s Alpheus-Shrimp
Rugathanas borradailei Coutière, 1903
Salmoneus brevirostris Edmondson, 1930
Salmoneus colinorum De Grave, 2004
Salmoneus gracilipes Miya, 1972
Salmoneus komaii Anker, 2011
Salmoneus latirostris Coutière, 1897
Salmoneus rostratus Barnard, 1962Lip triton
Salmoneus tricristata (Banner, 1959)⇒ Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Salmoneus tricristatus Banner, 1959
Saron inermis Hayashi, 1983Pinecone Marble Shrimp
Saron marmoratus Olivier, 1811Common Marble Shrimp
Saron neglectus De Man, 1902Eyespot shrimp
Saron rectirostris Hayashi, 1984Purple-legged Marbleshrimp
Synalpheus bituberculatus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus biunguiculatus Stimpson, 1860Twoclaw snapping shrimp
Synalpheus charon Heller, 1861Red-coral pistol shrimp
Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900De Man's Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus fossor Paul´son, 1875
Synalpheus gracilirostris De Man, 1910
Synalpheus hastilicrassus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus neomeris De Man, 1897Soft Coral Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus neptunus Dana, 1852
Synalpheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus odontophorus De Man, 1909
Synalpheus pachymeris Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus pescadorensis Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus stimpsoni De Man, 1888
Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888Crinoid Snapping Shrimp
Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905
Synalpheus tijou Banner & Banner, 1982
Synalpheus triacanthus De Man, 1910
Synalpheus trispinosus De Man, 1910
Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
Thor amboinensis De Man, 1888Anemone shrimp
Thor leptochelus Xu & Li, 2015Rubble Mimic Shrimp
Thor marguitae Bruce, 1978
Thor spinipes Bruce, 1983
Thorella cobourgi Bruce, 1982
Tozeuma armatum Paulson, 1875Banded Tozeuma Shrimp
Tozeuma lanceolatum Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood

Subnodes of Alpheoidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, cracker shrimps, Pistol shrimp, Pistol shrimps, snapping prawns, Snapping shrimp, Snapping shrimps
15
138
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
7
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLysmatidae
Dana, 1852
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMerguiidae
Christoffersen, 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOgyrididae
Holthuis, 1955
long-eyed shrimps, Longeye shrimps
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyThoridae
Kingsley, 1878
anemone shrimp, Broken-back shrimp
3
7
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