WoRMS taxon details
Crangon alaskensis Lockington, 1877
515542 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:515542)
accepted
Species
Crangon alaskensis elongata Rathbun, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Crangon alaskensis elongata Rathbun, 1902 accepted as Crangon alaskensis Lockington, 1877 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lockington, W.N. (1877). Remarks on the Crustacea of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 7: 28-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.27534 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Crangon alaskensis Lockington, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=515542 on 2026-03-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Lockington, W.N. (1877). Remarks on the Crustacea of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 7: 28-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.27534 [details]
original description (of Crangon alaskensis elongata Rathbun, 1902) Rathbun, M.J. (1902). Descriptions of new decapod crustaceans from the west coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 24(1272): 885-905., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.1272.885 [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Crangon alaskensis elongata Rathbun, 1902) Rathbun, M.J. (1902). Descriptions of new decapod crustaceans from the west coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 24(1272): 885-905., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.1272.885 [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Salt-and-pepper shrimpNorthern crangon shrimpAlaskan shrimpAlaskan sand shrimpAlaskan bay shrimpAlaska Bay shrimp | [details] |
| French | crevette des baies alaskiennes | [details] |
| Russian | Аляскинский шримс | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Crangon alaskensis elongata Rathbun, 1902)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crangon alaskensis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records) (from synonym Crangon alaskensis elongata Rathbun, 1902)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Crangon alaskensis elongata Rathbun, 1902)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crangon alaskensis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records) (from synonym Crangon alaskensis elongata Rathbun, 1902)
To ITIS
