Checklist for Superfamily Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Western Cape (Cape)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 207
522
746 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 206
521
743 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 87
232
347 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 86
229
344 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 79
209
313 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps | 15
34
47 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Alpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
| 4
12
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Western Cape
4 Families width 17 Species
Genera for Western Cape
12 Genera with 17 Species | Alpheus Fabricius, 1849 | pistol shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Betaeus Dana, 1947 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chorismus Bate, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolysmata Stimpson, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolyte Leach, 1837 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Latreutes Stimpson, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lebbeus White, 1947 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leontocaris Stebbing, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lysmata Risso, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Merhippolyte Bate, 1888 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Nauticaris Bate, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Synalpheus Bate, 1875 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Western Cape
17 Species | Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956 | | | Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849 | Brownbar snapping shrimp | | Betaeus jucundus Barnard, 1947 | | | Chorismus tuberculatus Spence Bate, 1888 | | | Hippolysmata wurdemanni Gibbes, 1850 | | | Hippolyte catagrapha d´Udekem d´A..., 2007 | Crinoid shrimp | | Hippolyte kraussiana Stimpson, 1860 | | | Hippolyte ventricosa H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | Broken-back Shrimp | | Latreutes fucorum Fabricius, 1798 | Slender sargassum shrimp | | Lebbeus saldanhae Barnard, 1947 | Chinese mysterysnail | | Leontocaris paulsoni Stebbing, 1905 | | | Lysmata amboinensis De Man, 1888 | Cleaner shrimp | | Nauticaris mavionis | | | Synalpheus brooksi Coutière, 1909 | | | Synalpheus longicarpus Herrick, 1891 | | | Synalpheus townsendi Coutière, 1909 | Townsend snapping shrimp | | Synalpheus tumidomanus Paul’son, 1875 | |
Subnodes of Alpheoidea with occurrences in Western Cape | Family | Alpheidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Alpheid shrimp, Alpheid shrimps, cracker shrimps, Pistol shrimp, Pistol shrimps, snapping prawns, Snapping shrimp, Snapping shrimps | 3
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hippolytidae
Dana, 1852
Anemone shrimp, Anemone shrimps, Broken-back shrimp, Broken-back shrimps, Cleaner shrimps, Cock Shrimps, Humpback Prawns | 7
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lysmatidae
Dana, 1852
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Thoridae
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
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