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Checklist for Superfamily Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Virginia Key (Florida Islands, Solomon Islands)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
40
70
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
40
70
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
28
50
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
28
50
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
27
48
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
5
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
4
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Virginia Key
3 Families width 5 Species
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp2SpeciesTaxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852Anemone shrimp2SpeciesTaxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878Anemone shrimp1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Virginia Key
4 Genera with 5 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1949pistol shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Latreutes Stimpson, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Thor Kingsley, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Tozeuma Stimpson, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Virginia Key
5 Species
Alpheus thomasi Hendrix & Gore, 1973
Alpheus viridari Armstrong, 1949
Latreutes fucorum Fabricius, 1798Slender sargassum shrimp
Thor floridanus Kingsley, 1878Bryozoan shrimp
Tozeuma carolinense Kingsley, 1878Arrow shrimp

Subnodes of Alpheoidea with occurrences in Virginia Key
FamilyAlpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, cracker shrimps, Pistol shrimp, Pistol shrimps, snapping prawns, Snapping shrimp, Snapping shrimps
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippolytidae
Dana, 1852
Anemone shrimp, Anemone shrimps, Broken-back shrimp, Broken-back shrimps, Cleaner shrimps, Cock Shrimps, Humpback Prawns
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThoridae
Kingsley, 1878
anemone shrimp, Broken-back shrimp
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