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Alpheus Fabricius, 1798

106978  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106978)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Caridea (Infraorder)
  12. Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Alpheidae (Family)
  14. Alpheus (Genus)
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  1. Species Alpheus africanus Balss, 1916
  2. Species Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
  3. Species Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
  4. Species Alpheus amirantei Coutière, 1908
  5. Species Alpheus architectus De Man, 1897
  6. Species Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
  7. Species Alpheus bicostatus De Man, 1908
  8. Species Alpheus bidens (Olivier, 1811)
  9. Species Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849
  10. Species Alpheus blachei Crosnier & Forest, 1965
  11. Species Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
  12. Species Alpheus bradypus Coutière, 1905
  13. Species Alpheus brevirostris (Olivier, 1811)
  14. Species Alpheus bucephaloides Nobili, 1905
  15. Species Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
  16. Species Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
  17. Species Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908
  18. Species Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
  19. Species Alpheus compressus Banner & Banner, 1981
  20. Species Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
  21. Species Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900
  22. Species Alpheus crockeri (Armstrong, 1941)
  23. Species Alpheus cylindricus Kingsley, 1878
  24. Species Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832
  25. Species Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879
  26. Species Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
  27. Species Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844
  28. Species Alpheus djeddensis Coutière, 1897
  29. Species Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909
  30. Species Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
  31. Species Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
  32. Species Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)
  33. Species Alpheus ehlersii De Man, 1909
  34. Species Alpheus euchirus Dana, 1852
  35. Species Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897
  36. Species Alpheus fagei Crosnier & Forest, 1965
  37. Species Alpheus fasciatus Lockington, 1878
  38. Species Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
  39. Species Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1837
  40. Species Alpheus glaber (Olivi, 1792)
  41. Species Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860
  42. Species Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861
  43. Species Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
  44. Species Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
  45. Species Alpheus holthuisi Ribeiro, 1964
  46. Species Alpheus hululensis Coutière, 1905
  47. Species Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905
  48. Species Alpheus inopinatus Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1958
  49. Species Alpheus intrinsecus Spence Bate, 1888
  50. Species Alpheus lanceloti Coutière, 1905
  51. Species Alpheus lanceostylus Banner, 1959
  52. Species Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1905
  53. Species Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
  54. Species Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
  55. Species Alpheus longecarinatus Hilgendorf, 1879
  56. Species Alpheus lottini Guérin, 1829
  57. Species Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835)
  58. Species Alpheus macrodactylus Ortmann, 1890
  59. Species Alpheus macroskeles Alcock & Anderson, 1899
  60. Species Alpheus maindroni Coutière, 1898
  61. Species Alpheus malabaricus (Fabricius, 1775)
  62. Species Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852
  63. Species Alpheus malleodigitus (Spence Bate, 1888)
  64. Species Alpheus microstylus (Spence Bate, 1888)
  65. Species Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
  66. Species Alpheus migrans Lewinsohn & Holthuis, 1978
  67. Species Alpheus nonalter Kensley, 1969
  68. Species Alpheus notabilis Stebbing, 1915
  69. Species Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
  70. Species Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860
  71. Species Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
  72. Species Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881
  73. Species Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
  74. Species Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
  75. Species Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852
  76. Species Alpheus platydactylus Coutière, 1897
  77. Species Alpheus pontederiae de Rochebrune, 1883
  78. Species Alpheus randalli Banner & Banner, 1980
  79. Species Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908
  80. Species Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798
  81. Species Alpheus rugimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
  82. Species Alpheus serenei Tiwari, 1964
  83. Species Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
  84. Species Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897
  85. Species Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897
  86. Species Alpheus stanleyi Coutière, 1908
  87. Species Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
  88. Species Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852
  89. Species Alpheus styliceps Coutière, 1905
  90. Species Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
  91. Species Alpheus superciliaris Coutière, 1905
  92. Species Alpheus talismani Coutière, 1898
  93. Species Alpheus tenuicarpus De Man, 1908
  94. Species Alpheus villosus (Olivier, 1811)
  95. Species Alpheus waltervadi Kensley, 1969
  96. Species Alpheus aculeipes Coutière, 1905 accepted as Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  97. Species Alpheus audouini Coutière, 1905 accepted as Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  98. Species Alpheus baculifer Coutière, 1908 accepted as Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  99. Species Alpheus bullatus Barnard, 1955 accepted as Alpheus architectus De Man, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  100. Species Alpheus crassimanus Heller, 1862 accepted as Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  101. Species Alpheus dissodontonotus Stebbing, 1915 accepted as Alpheus bidens (Olivier, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  102. Species Alpheus distinguendus De Man, 1909 accepted as Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  103. Species Alpheus insignis Heller, 1861 accepted as Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  104. Species Alpheus laeviusculus Lockington, 1878 accepted as Synalpheus digueti Coutière, 1909 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  105. Species Alpheus luciae Barnard, 1947 accepted as Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  106. Species Alpheus macrochirus Richters, 1880 accepted as Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  107. Species Alpheus monoceros Heller, 1861 accepted as Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  108. Species Alpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897 accepted as Metalpheus paragracilis (Coutière, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  109. Species Alpheus rubromaculatus Karplus, Szlep & Tsurnamal, 1981 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  110. Species Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Alpheus lottini Guérin, 1829 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  111. Species Alpheus tuberculosus Osorio, 1892 accepted as Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  112. Species Alpheus ventrosus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Alpheus lottini Guérin, 1829 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  113. Species Alpheus savignyi Guérin-Méneville, 1857 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932
page(s): 404 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Alpheus Fabricius, 1798. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106978 on 2025-05-03
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Alpheus Fabricius, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106978 on 2025-05-03
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Türkay, Michael
2010-09-09 09:49:35Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2011-11-18 10:08:41Z
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Fransen, Charles
2021-02-22 09:42:30Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-05-07 16:09:08Z
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de Mazancourt, Valentin
2025-01-10 10:48:44Z
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De Grave, Sammy

original description Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932
page(s): 404 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details] 

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Derijard, R. (1966). Note preliminaire sur les crustaces stomatopodes et decapodes recoltes a l'ile Europa du 6 au 24 Avril 1964. Mem Mus Natn Hist Nat, Paris 4 (41): 159-180 [details] 

additional source 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] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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