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Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835) 
AphiaID: 107479

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Caridea (Infraorder) > Alpheoidea (Superfamily) > Alpheidae (Family) > Alpheus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Alpheus Fabricius, 1798
Synonymised
taxa
  Alphaeus latimanus Hope, 1851
Alpheus affinis Guise, 1854
Alpheus edwardsii H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Alpheus megacheles Norman, 1868
Alpheus milnei Guérin-Méneville, 1857
Alpheus platyrhynchus Heller, 1862
Hippolyte macrocheles Hailstone, 1835
Hippolyte rubra Hailstone, 1835
Hippolyte rubra Westwood, 1835
Nika platyura Fischer, 1872
Sources  basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: De Grave, S. & C.H.J.M. Fransen. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zool. Med. Leiden 85(9): 30.ix.2011: 195-589 figs 1-59. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Holthuis, L.B.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (1993). Coastal Shrimps and Prawns. Synopses of the British Fauna 15. Second Edition. [details]

from synonym: Hailstone, S., 1835a. Notices of another species of Pontóphilus, and of a crustacean allied to the genus Hippólyte.— The Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology 8: 270-273.  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Westwood, J.O., 1835b. Notes upon Hippolyte rubra.— The Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology 8: 274-275. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hailstone, S., 1835b. The species of crustaceous animals discovered and described by Mr. Hailstone, and illustrated and annotated upon by Mr. Westwood.— The Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology 8: 394-395.  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Milne Edwards, H., 1834-1840. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l’anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux: 1-468, 1-532, 1-638, 1-32, Plates 1-42. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hope, F.G., 1851. Catalogo dei crostacei Italiani e di moltri altri del Mediterraneo. Napoli Stabilimento Tipografico di Fr. Azzolino Vico Gerolomini, 10, 48 pp., 2 figs. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Guise, W.V., 1854. Upon a new species of ”Alpheus” discovered upon the coast of ”Herm” (Channel Islands).— The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2) 14: 275-280.  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Guérin-Méneville, F.E., 1857. Animaux articulés à pieds articulés. Crustacés. In: de la Sagra, R., Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l’Île de Cuba: 1-87, Plates 1-3.  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Heller, C., 1862b. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntnis der Macrouren.— Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch­naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 1862: 389-­426, Plates 1-2.  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Norman, A.M., 1868. On the British species of Alpheus, Typton, and Axius, and on Alpheus Edwardsii of Audouin.— The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 2: 173-178. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Fischer, P., 1872. Crustacés podopthalmaires et cirrhipèdes du Départment de la Gironde.— Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 28: 405-438.  [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Adriatic Sea [details]
Aegean Sea [details]
Alboran Sea [details]
Angola [details]
Antilles Sea [details]
Ascensión [details]
Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Canaries [details]
Canary Islands [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Cyprus [details]
East Mediterranean [details]
English Channel [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 34 [details]
FAO fishing area 47 [details]
Gabon [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Guinean Islands [details]
Gulf of Gascogne [details]
Indo-West Pacific [details]
Ionian sea [details]
Liberia [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Mersin Bay [details]
Moroccan Atlantic [details]
Portugal [details]
Santa Helena [details]
Sao Tome and Principe Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Coast of England [details]
South East Atlantic [details]
South West England [details]
Southern Bight [details]
Turkey [details]
United Kingdom [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Vema [details]
West Atlantic [details]
West Coast of South Africa [details]
West Mediterranean [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Host of  Anthessius alpheusicolous Conradi, Marin & Martin, 2012 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Shrimp Collection
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107479
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2007-06-04 11:36:54Z  checked  Fransen, Charles
2010-09-09 15:15:28Z  changed  De Grave, Sammy
  
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  Citation: De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.; Türkay, M. (2013). Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107479 on 2013-05-19
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