Alpheidae

Alpheus digitalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alpheoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Caridea Superfamilia: Alpheoidea

Familia: Alpheidae
Genera: Alpheopsis – Alpheus – Amphibetaeus – Arete – Aretopsis – Athanas – Athanopsis – Automate – Bannereus – Batella – Betaeopsis – Betaeus – Bruceopsis – Caligoneus – Fenneralpheus – Hamalpheus – Harperalpheus – Jengalpheops – Leptalpheus – Leptathanas – Leslibetaeus – Metabetaeus – Metalpheus – Mohocaris – Nennalpheus – Neoalpheopsis – Notalpheus – Pachelpheus – Parabetaeus – Pomagnathus – Potamalpheops – Prionalpheus – Pseudathanas – Pterocaris – Racilius – Richalpheus – Salmoneus – Synalpheus – Triacanthoneus – Vexillipar

Name

Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815

Type genus: Alpheus Fabricius, 1798

References

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page. 

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• Almeida, A.O., Terossi, M., Buranelli, R.C., Castilho, A.L., Costa, R.C., Zara, F.J. & Mantelatto, F.L. 2018. Checklist of decapods (Crustacea) from the coast of São Paulo State (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: II. Infraorder Caridea: family Alpheidae. Zootaxa 4450(3): 331–358. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.2 Reference page. 
• Anker, A. 2010: Description of a new genus and two new species of alpheid shrimps from Guam (Crustacea, Decapoda). Pp. 389-404 in De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (eds.): Contributions to shrimp taxonomy. Zootaxa, 2372: 1–414. Preview
• Anker, A. 2010: New findings of rare or little-known alpheid shrimp genera (Crustacea, Decapoda) in Moorea, French Polynesia. Zootaxa, 2403: 23–41. Preview
• Anker, A. 2010: A new genus and three new species of alpheid shrimps (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) from the tropical American coasts. Zootaxa, 2652: 47–63. Preview.
• Anker, A. 2015: Description of a new distinctive species of Parabetaeus Coutière, 1897 (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 3957(5): 585–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.5.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Anker, A. 2015: Alpheopsis balaeniceps sp. nov., an unusual alpheid shrimp (Decapoda: Caridea) from French Polynesia. Zootaxa 3972(1): 85–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.1.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Anker, A. 2017. A new deep-water species of Alpheopsis Coutière, 1897 from the Indo-West Pacific (Decapoda: Alpheidae). Zootaxa 4226(4): 571–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.4.7. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Anker, A. 2017. Strongly carinate species of Alpheopsis Coutière, 1897 of the tropical Atlantic and eastern Pacific, with redescription of A. trigona (Rathbun, 1901) and description of three new species (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Alpheidae). Zootaxa 4277(2): 199–227. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.2. Reference page. 
• Anker, A. 2019. The alpheid shrimp genus Nennalpheus Banner & Banner, 1981 in the tropical eastern Atlantic, with description of a new species from Gabon and new records of N. sibogae (De Man, 1910) in the Indo-West Pacific (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Caridea). Zootaxa 4646(1): 87–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.1.5 Reference page. 
• Anker, A. 2020. A remarkable burrow-dwelling alpheid shrimp, new genus and new species, from the tropical eastern Pacific (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Caridea). Zootaxa 4731(1): 75–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.1.5 Reference page. 
• Anker, A. & M.-S. Jeng, 2006: RICHALPHEUS PALMERI, N. GEN., N. SP., AN INFAUNAL ALPHEID SHRIMP FROM THE PHILIPPINES, WITH REDESCRIPTION OF AMPHIBETAEUS JOUSSEAUMEI (COUTIÈRE, 1896) (DECAPODA: CARIDEA). Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(3): 379–391. Abstract: DOI: 10.1651/S-2647.1.
• Anker, A.; Poddoubtchenko, D.; Wehrtmann, I.S. 2006: Leslibetaeus coibita, n. gen., n. sp., a new alpheid shrimp from the Pacific coast of Panama (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zootaxa, 1183: 27–41. Abstract & excerpt
• Komai, T. & Fujita, Y. 2018. A new genus and new species of alpheid shrimp from a marine cave in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with additional record of Salmoneus antricola Komai, Yamada & Yunokawa, 2015 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). Zootaxa 4369(4): 575–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.4.7 Reference page. 
• Wang, Y-R. & Sha, Z-L. 2017. Description of two new species of the genus Automate De Man, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the South China Sea. Zootaxa 4238(1): 30–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.1.2. Reference page. 

Links

• Analyse Nature: 98
• Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Snapping shrimp, Pistol shrimp, Alpheid shrimp
日本語: テッポウエビ科
русский: Раки-щелкуны
ไทย: กุ้งดีดขัน, กุ้งกระเตาะ
中文: 鼓虾科

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