Checklist for Superfamily Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 101
221
336 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 101
221
336 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 68
169
261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 68
169
261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 62
152
231 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps | 13
27
45 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
| 5
10
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Sierra Leone
5 Families width 14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Sierra Leone
10 Genera with 14 Species | Alpheus Fabricius, 1883 | pistol shrimps | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Athanas Leach, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Automate De Man, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bythocaris G. O. Sars, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Exhippolysmata Stebbing, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolysmata Stimpson, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latreutes Stimpson, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metalpheus Coutière, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ogyrides Stebbing, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Synalpheus Bate, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sierra Leone
14 Species and 1 Subspecies | Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832 | Mediterranean Snapping Prawn | | Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 | Sand snapping shrimp | | Alpheus floridanus africanus Balss, 1916 | | | Alpheus intrinsecus Spence Bate, 1888 | | | Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881 | Smoothclaw snapping shrimp | | Alpheus pontederiae De Rochebrune, 1883 | | | Athanas grimaldii Coutière, 1911 | | | Automate evermanni Rathbun, 1901 | | | Bythocaris cosmetops Holthuis, 1951 | Hop | | Exhippolysmata hastatoides Balss, 1914 | Companion shrimp | | Hippolysmata hastatoides (Balss, 1914) | ⇒ Exhippolysmata hastatoides Balss, 1914 | | Latreutes parvulus Stimpson, 1871 | Sargassum shrimp | | Metalpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897 | | | Ogyrides rarispina Holthuis, 1951 | Hop | | Synalpheus senegambiensis Coutière, 1908 | |
Subnodes of Alpheoidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone | Family | Alpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, cracker shrimps, Pistol shrimp, Pistol shrimps, snapping prawns, Snapping shrimp, Snapping shrimps | 5
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Bythocarididae
Christoffersen, 1987
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hippolytidae
Dana, 1852
Anemone shrimp, Anemone shrimps, Broken-back shrimp, Broken-back shrimps, Cleaner shrimps, Cock Shrimps, Humpback Prawns | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lysmatidae
Dana, 1852
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ogyrididae
Holthuis, 1955
long-eyed shrimps, Longeye shrimps | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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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
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