AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Infraorder Caridea Dana, 1852 (Caridean shrimps)
and region Thursday Island (Torres Strait Islands, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
43
86
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
43
86
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
27
64
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
27
64
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
25
59
89
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
5
10
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Thursday Island
5 Families width 16 Species
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp7SpeciesTaxom
Chlorotocellidae Komai, Chan ..., 20191SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815Palaemonid Shrimps5SpeciesTaxom
Processidae Ortmann, 1896Night shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852Anemone shrimp1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Thursday Island
10 Genera with 16 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1811pistol shrimps7SpeciesTaxom
Chlorotocella Balss, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Conchodytes Peters, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Coralliocaris Stimpson, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Hayashidonus Chace, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Hippolyte Leach, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Nikoides Paulson, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonella Dana, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Urocaridella Borradaile, 19501SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Thursday Island
16 Species
Alpheus comatularum (Haswell, 1882)⇒ Synalpheus comatularum Haswell, 1882
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Alpheus macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Alpheus inopinatus Holthuis & G..., 1958
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus neptunus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Synalpheus neptunus neptunus Dana, 1852
Alpheus polyxo De Man, 1909
Alpheus villosus Olivier, 1811
Chlorotocella gracilis Balss, 1914Graceful Chlorotocella
Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852Hawaiian pearl-oyster shrimp
Coralliocaris tridentata (Miers, 1884)⇒ Periclimenaeus tridentatus Miers, 1884
Hayashidonus japonica De Haan, 1844
Hippolyte ventricosa H. Milne Edw..., 1837Broken-back Shrimp
Nikoides gurneyi Hayashi, 1975Grizzled Skipper
Palaemonella spinulata Yokoya, 1936
Periclimenaeus tridentatus Miers, 1884
Urocaridella urocaridella Holthuis, 1950Yellow Dotted Shrimp

Subnodes of Caridea with occurrences in Thursday Island
SuperfamilyAlpheoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
2
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPalaemonoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
5
5
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPandaloidea
Haworth, 1825
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyProcessoidea
Ortmann, 1896
night shrimps
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Caridea at artfakta.se
Caridea at biodiversity.org.au
Caridea at dyntaxa.se
Caridea at itis.gov
Caridea at marinespecies.org