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Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 
AphiaID: 106978

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Caridea (Infraorder) > Alpheoidea (Superfamily) > Alpheidae (Family)
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Typetaxon Alpheus avarus Fabricius, 1798 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised
taxa
  Alphaeus
Alpheoides Paul’son, 1875
Alphous
Asphalius Roux, 1831
Autonomaea Risso, 1816
Crangon Weber, 1795
Cryptophthalmus Rafinesque, 1814
Dienecia Westwood, 1835a
Halopsyche de Saussure, 1857b
Nauplius Risso, 1844
Paralpheus Spence Bate, 1888
Phleusa Nardo, 1847
Thunor Armstrong, 1949
Sources  original description: Fabricius, J. C. (1798) Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis locis observationibus descriptionibus. Hafniae, Tom. II. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. pages 1- 572. Copenhagen. [details]

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]

basis of record: 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: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 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]

original description (from synonym): Weber, F., 1795. Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicum ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus: i-viii, 1-171. Chilonii et Hamburgii. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. Palerme. Pp. 1-55. Also lithoprint facsimile re-edition in 1948 by Peter Smith, The Murray Printing Company, Wakefield, Massachusetts 55pp; plates. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Risso, A., 1816. Histoire naturelle des crustacés des environs de Nice: 1-175, Plates 1-3. Librairie Grecque­Latine-Allemande, Paris. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Roux, P., 1831. Mémoire sur la classification des Crustacés de la tribu des Salicoques: 1-39, 4 tables. Marseille. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Westwood, J.O., 1835a. The species of crustaceous animals discovered and described by Mr. Hailstone, and illustrated and annotated on by Mr. Westwood.— The Magazine of Natural History and Jour­nal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology 8: 551-553. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Risso, A., 1844. Crustacés. In: Nouveau guide du voyageur dans Nice et notices sur l’histoire civile et naturelle de cette ville (Ed. 2): 93-99. Nice. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Nardo, D., 1847. Sinonimia moderna delle specie registrate nell’opera intitolata: Descrizione de’Crostacei, de’Testacei e de’Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaroscuro ed a colori dall’ Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense applicata per commissione governativa: i-xi, 1-127. Venezia.  [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): de Saussure, H., 1857b. Note carcinologique sur la famille des Thalassidés et sur celle de Astacidés.— Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2) 9: 99-102. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Paul’son, O., 1875. Studies on Crustacea of the Red Sea with notes regarding other seas. Part 1 Podophthalmata and Edriophthalmata (Cumacea) [in Russian]: i-xiv, 1-144, Plates 1-22. Kiev. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Spence Bate, C., 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873-76.— Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ”Challenger” during the years 1873-76 24: i-xc, 1-942, Plates 1-157. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Armstrong, J.C., 1949. New Caridea from the Dominican Republic.— American Museum Novitates 1410: 1-27.  [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Alpheus acutocarinatus De Man, 1909
Species Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus adamastor Coutière, 1908
Species Alpheus aequus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus agilis Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2009
Species Alpheus agrogon Ramos, 1997
Species Alpheus albatrossae (Banner, 1953)
Species Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Species Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus amblyonyx Chace, 1972
Species Alpheus amirantei Coutière, 1908
Species Alpheus anchistus De Man, 1920
Species Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002
Species Alpheus angustilineatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
Species Alpheus antepaenultimus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus architectus De Man, 1897
Species Alpheus arenensis (Chace, 1937)
Species Alpheus arenicolus Banner & Banner, 1983
Species Alpheus arethusa De Man, 1909
Species Alpheus armatus Rathbun, 1901
Species Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Species Alpheus arnoa Banner, 1957
Species Alpheus astrinx Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus australiensis Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus australosulcatus Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus baccheti Anker, 2010
Species Alpheus bahamensis Rankin, 1898
Species Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus bannerorum Bruce, 1987
Species Alpheus barbadensis (Schmitt, 1924)
Species Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
Species Alpheus batesi Banner & Banner, 1964
Species Alpheus belli Coutière, 1898
Species Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877
Species Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake, 1969
Species Alpheus bicostatus De Man, 1908
Species Alpheus bidens (Olivier, 1811)
Species Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Species Alpheus blachei Crosnier & Forest, 1965
Species Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
Species Alpheus brachymerus (Banner, 1953)
Species Alpheus bradypus Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus brevicristatus De Haan, 1844 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Species Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860
Species Alpheus brevirostris (Olivier, 1811)
Species Alpheus brucei Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus bucephaloides Nobili, 1905
Species Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus buchanorum Banner & Banner, 1983
Species Alpheus bunburius Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus californiensis Holmes, 1900
Species Alpheus canaliculatus Banner & Banner, 1968
Species Alpheus candei Guérin-Méneville, 1855 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1855-1856]
Species Alpheus chacei Carvacho, 1979
Species Alpheus chamorro Banner, 1956
Species Alpheus chilensis Lenz, 1902
Species Alpheus chiragricus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Species Alpheus christofferseni Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2007
Species Alpheus clamator Lockington, 1877
Species Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908
Species Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Species Alpheus colombiensis Wicksten, 1988
Species Alpheus compressus Banner & Banner, 1981
Species Alpheus confusus Carvacho, 1989
Species Alpheus coutierei De Man, 1909
Species Alpheus cremnus Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus cristatus Coutière, 1897
Species Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900
Species Alpheus crockeri (Armstrong, 1941)
Species Alpheus cyanoteles Yeo & Ng, 1996
Species Alpheus cylindricus Kingsley, 1878
Species Alpheus cythereus Banner & Banner, 1966
Species Alpheus dasycheles Coutière, 1908
Species Alpheus davaoensis Chace, 1988
Species Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832
Species Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879
Species Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Species Alpheus distinctus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus djeddensis Coutière, 1897
Species Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909
Species Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Species Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Species Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)
Species Alpheus ehlersii De Man, 1909
Species Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984
Species Alpheus euchirus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus eulimene De Man, 1909
Species Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897
Species Alpheus exilis W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus explorator Boone, 1935
Species Alpheus facetus De Man, 1908
Species Alpheus fagei Crosnier & Forest, 1965
Species Alpheus fasciatus Lockington, 1878
Species Alpheus fasqueli Anker, 2001
Species Alpheus felgenhaueri W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus fenneri Bruce, 1994
Species Alpheus firmus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
Species Alpheus foresti Banner & Banner, 1981
Species Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850
Species Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Species Alpheus fujitai Nomura & Anker, 2005
Species Alpheus funafutensis Borradaile, 1899
Species Alpheus fushima Nomura, 2009
Species Alpheus galapagensis Sivertsen, 1933
Species Alpheus georgei Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus glaber (Olivi, 1792)
Species Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860
Species Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861
Species Alpheus grahami Abele, 1975
Species Alpheus haanii Ortmann, 1890
Species Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus halesii Kirk, 1887
Species Alpheus hebes W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus heeia Banner & Banner, 1975
Species Alpheus heronicus Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus heterocarpus (Yu, 1935)
Species Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818
Species Alpheus heurteli Coutière, 1897
Species Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
Species Alpheus holthuisi Ribeiro, 1964
Species Alpheus homochirus (Yu, 1935)
Species Alpheus hoonsooi W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus hoplocheles Coutière, 1897
Species Alpheus hortensis Wicksten & McClure, 2003
Species Alpheus hululensis Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus hutchingsae Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus hyeyoungae W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus hyphalus Chace, 1988
Species Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus immaculatus Knowlton & Keller, 1983
Species Alpheus inca Wicksten & Méndez G., 1981
Species Alpheus inopinatus Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1958
Species Alpheus intrinsecus Spence Bate, 1888
Species Alpheus japonicus Miers, 1879
Species Alpheus javieri Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2009
Species Alpheus kagoshimanus Hayashi & Nagata, 2000
Species Alpheus kuroshimensis Nomura & Anker, 2005
Species Alpheus labis Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus lacertosus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus ladronis Banner, 1956
Species Alpheus lanceloti Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus lanceostylus Banner, 1959
Species Alpheus latus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus lentiginosus Anker & Nizinski, 2011
Species Alpheus lepidus De Man, 1908
Species Alpheus leptocheles Banner & Banner, 1975
Species Alpheus leptochiroides De Man, 1909
Species Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Species Alpheus longecarinatus Hilgendorf, 1879
Species Alpheus longichaelis Carvacho, 1979
Species Alpheus longiforceps Hayashi & Nagata, 2002
Species Alpheus longinquus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1838 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1829-1838]
Species Alpheus lutosus Anker & De Grave, 2009
Species Alpheus macellarius Chace, 1988
Species Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835)
Species Alpheus macroskeles Alcock & Anderson, 1899
Species Alpheus maindroni Coutière, 1898
Species Alpheus malabaricus (Fabricius, 1775)
Species Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus malleodigitus (Spence Bate, 1888)
Species Alpheus martini W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus mazatlanicus Wicksten, 1983
Species Alpheus microrhynchus De Man, 1897
Species Alpheus microscaphis (Banner, 1959)
Species Alpheus microstylus (Spence Bate, 1888)
Species Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
Species Alpheus migrans Lewinsohn & Holthuis, 1978
Species Alpheus millsae Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2007
Species Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus moretensis Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus naos Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2007
Species Alpheus nipa Banner & Banner, 1985
Species Alpheus nobili Banner & Banner, 1966
Species Alpheus nonalter Kensley, 1969
Species Alpheus normanni Kingsley, 1878
Species Alpheus notabilis Stebbing, 1915
Species Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876
Species Alpheus nuttingi (Schmitt, 1924)
Species Alpheus oahuensis (Banner, 1953)
Species Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus ovaliceps Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860
Species Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus packardii Kingsley, 1880
Species Alpheus paludicola Kemp, 1915
Species Alpheus panamensis Kingsley, 1878
Species Alpheus papillosus Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881
Species Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus paraformosus Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2008
Species Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus paralpheopsides Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus parasocialis Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus parvimaculatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
Species Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus parvus De Man, 1909
Species Alpheus peasei (Armstrong, 1940)
Species Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1908
Species Alpheus perezi Coutière, 1908
Species Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956
Species Alpheus philoctetes De Man, 1909
Species Alpheus platydactylus Coutière, 1897
Species Alpheus platyunguiculatus (Banner, 1953)
Species Alpheus polystictus Knowlton & Keller, 1985
Species Alpheus polyxo De Man, 1909
Species Alpheus pontederiae de Rochebrune, 1883
Species Alpheus pouang Christoffersen, 1979
Species Alpheus praedator De Man, 1908
Species Alpheus proseuchirus De Man, 1908
Species Alpheus pseudopugnax (Banner, 1953)
Species Alpheus puapeba Christoffersen, 1979
Species Alpheus pubescens De Man, 1908
Species Alpheus pugnax Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus pustulosus Banner & Banner, 1968
Species Alpheus quasirapacida Chace, 1988
Species Alpheus randalli Banner & Banner, 1980
Species Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908
Species Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798
Species Alpheus rectus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus ribeiroae Anker & Dworschak, 2004
Species Alpheus richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971
Species Alpheus romensky Burukovsky, 1990
Species Alpheus roquensis Knowlton & Keller, 1985
Species Alpheus roseodigitalis Nomura & Anker, 2005
Species Alpheus rostratus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus rudolphi Almeida & Anker, 2011
Species Alpheus rugimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
Species Alpheus samoa Banner & Banner, 1966
Species Alpheus savuensis De Man, 1908
Species Alpheus saxidomus Holthuis, 1980
Species Alpheus schmitti Chace, 1972
Species Alpheus scopulus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus serenei Tiwari, 1964
Species Alpheus sibogae De Man, 1908
Species Alpheus simus Guérin-Méneville, 1855 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1855-1856]
Species Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
Species Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862
Species Alpheus soelae Banner & Banner, 1986
Species Alpheus soror Bruce, 1999
Species Alpheus spatulatus Banner & Banner, 1968
Species Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897
Species Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897
Species Alpheus stanleyi Coutière, 1908
Species Alpheus stantoni Banner & Banner, 1986
Species Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
Species Alpheus stephensoni Banner & Smalley, 1969
Species Alpheus styliceps Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus sudara Banner & Banner, 1966
Species Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
Species Alpheus suluensis Chace, 1988
Species Alpheus supachai Banner & Banner, 1966
Species Alpheus superciliaris Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus talismani Coutière, 1898
Species Alpheus tasmanicus Banner & Banner, 1982
Species Alpheus tenuicarpus De Man, 1908
Species Alpheus tenuipes De Man, 1910
Species Alpheus tenuis W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus thomasi Hendrix & Gore, 1973
Species Alpheus tirmiziae Kazmi, 1974
Species Alpheus tricolor Anker, 2001
Species Alpheus triphopus Nobili, 1906
Species Alpheus tungii Banner & Banner, 1966
Species Alpheus umbo W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus utriensis Ramos & von Prahl, 1989
Species Alpheus vanderbilti Boone, 1930
Species Alpheus villosus (Olivier, 1811)
Species Alpheus villus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
Species Alpheus viridari (Armstrong, 1949)
Species Alpheus waltervadi Kensley, 1969
Species Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880
Species Alpheus wickstenae Christoffersen & Ramos, 1987
Species Alpheus williamsi Bruce, 1994
Species Alpheus xanthocarpus Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2008
Species Alpheus xishaensis Liu & Lan, 1980
Species Alpheus zimmermani Anker, 2007
Species Alpheus zulfaquiri Kazmi, 1982

Species Alpheus avarus Fabricius, 1798 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus bispinosus Streets, 1871 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus flavescens Latreille, 1806 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus galathea Miers, 1874 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus hoplites Nobili, 1906 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus jourdainii Guérin-Méneville, 1857 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus parvimanus Kingsley, 1878 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus saulcyi Guérin-Méneville, 1855 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1855-1856] (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus savignyi Guérin-Méneville, 1857 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus sculptimanus Guérin-Méneville, 1857 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus setimanus Cano, 1888 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus spinicaudus Lockington, 1878 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus tamulus Fabricius, 1798 (nomen dubium)
Species Alpheus tenuimanus Lockington, 1878 (nomen dubium)

Species Alpheus albertei Kazmi & Kazmi, 1979 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus alope White, 1847 accepted as Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852a (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus amphitrite White, 1847 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus andronyx Christoffersen, 1998 accepted as Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus doris White, 1847 accepted as Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852a (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus doto White, 1847 accepted as Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus faxoni Coutière, 1900 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus forceps White, 1847 accepted as Alpheus malabaricus (Fabricius, 1775) (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus intermedius Stimpson, 1860 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus isodactylus Afzal, Javed & Barkati, 1986 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus isthmalleator Hurt, Anker & Knowlton, 2009 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus manorensis Afzal, Javed & Barkati, 1986 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus miyakei Miya, 1974 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus ochrostriatus Karplus, Szlep & Tsurnamal, 1981 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus pseudoedwardsii Afzal, Javed & Barkati, 1986 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus purpurilenticularis Karplus & Ben Tuvia, 1979 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus rathbuni Coutière, 1900 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus rhode White, 1847 accepted as Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852a (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus rubromaculatus Karplus, Szlep & Tsurnamal, 1981 (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus thetis White, 1847 accepted as Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1838 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1829-1838] (nomen nudum)
Species Alpheus triton White, 1847 (nomen nudum)

Species Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905 represented as Alpheus pareuchirus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905b (alternate representation)
Species Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852 represented as Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852a (alternate representation)

Species Alpheus acanthomerus Ortmann, 1890 accepted as Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
Species Alpheus aculeipes Coutière, 1905 accepted as Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
Species Alpheus aequalis Kingsley, 1878 accepted as Betaeus harfordi (Kingsley, 1878)
Species Alpheus affinis Guise, 1854 accepted as Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835)
Species Alpheus affinis Kingsley, 1878 accepted as Alpheus normanni Kingsley, 1878
Species Alpheus aglaopheniae Borradaile, 1900 accepted as Metalpheus paragracilis (Coutière, 1897)
Species Alpheus amboinae Zehntner, 1894 accepted as Synalpheus stimpsonii (De Man, 1888)
Species Alpheus amethystea Risso, 1827 accepted as Periclimenes amethysteus (Risso, 1827)
Species Alpheus angulatus McClure, 1995 accepted as Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002
Species Alpheus ascensionis Ortmann, 1893 accepted as Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881
Species Alpheus audouini Coutière, 1905 accepted as Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)
Species Alpheus baculifer Coutière, 1908 accepted as Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus barbara Lockington, 1878 accepted as Alpheus clamator Lockington, 1877
Species Alpheus beanii Verrill, 1922 accepted as Alpheus packardii Kingsley, 1880
Species Alpheus bermudensis Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Alpheus packardii Kingsley, 1880
Species Alpheus bis-incisus De Haan, 1849 [in De Haan, 1833-1850] accepted as Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Species Alpheus biunguiculatus Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Synalpheus biunguiculatus (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Alpheus braschi Boone, 1935 accepted as Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus bullatus Barnard, 1955 accepted as Alpheus architectus De Man, 1897
Species Alpheus canalis W. Kim & Abele, 1988 accepted as Alpheus galapagensis Sivertsen, 1933
Species Alpheus caramote Risso, 1816 accepted as Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775)
Species Alpheus carinatus De Man, 1888 accepted as Synalpheus carinatus (De Man, 1888)
Species Alpheus charon Heller, 1861 accepted as Synalpheus charon (Heller, 1861)
Species Alpheus cloudi Banner, 1956 accepted as Alpheus stanleyi Coutière, 1908
Species Alpheus comatularum Haswell, 1882 accepted as Synalpheus comatularum (Haswell, 1882)
Species Alpheus consobrinus De Man, 1908 accepted as Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus crassimanus Heller, 1865 accepted as Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Species Alpheus crassimanus Heller, 1862 accepted as Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Species Alpheus cristidigitus Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832
Species Alpheus cryptodentatus Christoffersen & Ramos, 1988 accepted as Alpheus galapagensis Sivertsen, 1933
Species Alpheus danae Coutière, 1905 accepted as Alpheus malleodigitus (Spence Bate, 1888)
Species Alpheus dispar Randall, 1840 accepted as Alpheus brevirostris (Olivier, 1811)
Species Alpheus dissodontonotus Stebbing, 1915 accepted as Alpheus bidens (Olivier, 1811)
Species Alpheus distinguendus De Man, 1909 accepted as Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Species Alpheus dolichodactylus Ortmann, 1890 accepted as Alpheus malabaricus (Fabricius, 1775)
Species Alpheus edwardsii H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840] accepted as Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835)
Species Alpheus elegans Risso, 1816 accepted as Gnathophyllum elegans (Risso, 1816)
Species Alpheus elongatus Risso, 1827 accepted as Hippolyte inermis Leach, 1816
Species Alpheus emarginatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840] accepted as Betaeus emarginatus (H.Milne Edwards, 1837 [in Milne Edwards, 1834-1840])
Species Alpheus equidactylus Lockington, 1877 accepted as Alpheopsis equidactylus (Lockington, 1877)
Species Alpheus euchiroides Nobili, 1906 accepted as Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus eurydactylus De Man, 1920 accepted as Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897
Species Alpheus fossor Paul’son, 1875 accepted as Synalpheus fossor (Paul'son, 1875)
Species Alpheus gabrieli Gourret, 1887 accepted as Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832
Species Alpheus gambarelloides Nardo, 1847 accepted as Synalpheus gambarelloides (Nardo, 1847)
Species Alpheus gracilidigitus Miers, 1884 accepted as Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus hamus W. Kim & Abele, 1988 accepted as Alpheus colombiensis Wicksten, 1988
Species Alpheus harfordi Kingsley, 1878 accepted as Betaeus harfordi (Kingsley, 1878)
Species Alpheus huikau Banner, 1959 accepted as Metalpheus rostratipes (Pocock, 1890)
Species Alpheus insignis Heller, 1861 accepted as Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus kingsleyi Miers, 1879 accepted as Alpheus brevicristatus De Haan, 1844 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Species Alpheus laevigatus Guérin-Méneville, 1838 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1829-1838] accepted as Betaeus emarginatus (H.Milne Edwards, 1837 [in Milne Edwards, 1834-1840])
Species Alpheus laevigatus Nicolet, 1849 accepted as Betaeus harfordi (Kingsley, 1878)
Species Alpheus laevimanus Heller, 1862 accepted as Synalpheus gambarelloides (Nardo, 1847)
Species Alpheus laevis Randall, 1840 accepted as Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1838 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1829-1838]
Species Alpheus laeviusculus Lockington, 1878 accepted as Synalpheus digueti Coutière, 1909
Species Alpheus lancirostris Rankin, 1900 accepted as Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Species Alpheus latifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 accepted as Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Species Alpheus lineifer Miers, 1875 accepted as Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus litteratus Weber, 1795 accepted as Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Alpheus longimanus Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Alpheus japonicus Miers, 1879
Species Alpheus luciae Barnard, 1947 accepted as Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
Species Alpheus lutini Coutière, 1905 accepted as Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus macrochirus Richters, 1880 accepted as Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
Species Alpheus macrodactylus Ortmann, 1890 accepted as Alpheus malabaricus (Fabricius, 1775)
Species Alpheus malhaensis Coutière, 1908 accepted as Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Species Alpheus maxilliplanus Christoffersen, 1979 accepted as Alpheus chacei Carvacho, 1979
Species Alpheus megacheles Norman, 1868 accepted as Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835)
Species Alpheus milnei Guérin-Méneville, 1857 accepted as Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835)
Species Alpheus minikoensis Coutière accepted as Athanas minikoensis Coutière, 1903
Species Alpheus minor De Haan, 1844 [in De Haan, 1833-1850] accepted as Alpheus haanii Ortmann, 1890
Species Alpheus minus Say, 1818 accepted as Synalpheus minus (Say, 1818)
Species Alpheus monoceros Heller, 1862 accepted as Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894
Species Alpheus neomeris De Man, 1897 accepted as Synalpheus neomeris (De Man, 1897)
Species Alpheus neptunus Dana, 1852 accepted as Synalpheus neptunus neptunus (Dana, 1852a)
Species Alpheus nigro-spinatus Rankin, 1898 accepted as Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880
Species Alpheus novae-zealandiae Miers, 1876 accepted as Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876
Species Alpheus obeso-manus Dana, 1852 accepted as Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus parabrevipes Coutière, 1898 accepted as Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus paraculeipes Coutière, 1905 accepted as Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897
Species Alpheus paragracilis Coutière, 1897 accepted as Metalpheus paragracilis (Coutière, 1897)
Species Alpheus parvi-rostris Dana, 1852 accepted as Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus pelagicus Risso, 1816 accepted as Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816)
Species Alpheus persicus Nobili, 1905 accepted as Alpheus malleodigitus (Spence Bate, 1888)
Species Alpheus phrygianus Coutière, 1905 accepted as Alpheus malleodigitus (Spence Bate, 1888)
Species Alpheus pictor Weber, 1795 accepted as Lophozozymus pictor (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Alpheus pinnophylax Otto, 1828 accepted as Pontonia pinnophylax (Otto, 1821)
Species Alpheus platycheirus Boone, 1927 accepted as Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
Species Alpheus platyrhynchus Heller, 1862 accepted as Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835)
Species Alpheus poeyi Guérin-Méneville, 1855 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1855-1856] accepted as Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850
Species Alpheus polaris Sabine, 1824 accepted as Lebbeus polaris (Sabine, 1824)
Species Alpheus pomatoceros Banner & Banner, 1966 accepted as Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897
Species Alpheus praecox Herrick, 1888 accepted as Synalpheus pectiniger Coutière, 1907
Species Alpheus prolificus Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Synalpheus charon (Heller, 1861)
Species Alpheus providencei Coutière, 1908 accepted as Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
Species Alpheus pugilator A. Milne-Edwards, 1878 accepted as Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus punctulatus Risso, 1822 accepted as Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775)
Species Alpheus quadratus Weber, 1795 accepted as Parasesarma plicatum (Latreille, 1803)
Species Alpheus ridleyi Pocock, 1890 accepted as Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880
Species Alpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890 accepted as Metalpheus rostratipes (Pocock, 1890)
Species Alpheus rouxii Guérin-Méneville, 1857 accepted as Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1838 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1829-1838]
Species Alpheus ruber accepted as Cryptophthalmus ruber Rafinesque, 1814 accepted as Alpheus glaber (Olivi, 1792)
Species Alpheus Rumphii Weber, 1795 accepted as Menippe rumphii (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Alpheus scaber Weber, 1795 accepted as Sphaerozius scaber (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Alpheus scriptus Risso, 1822 accepted as Periclimenes scriptus (Risso, 1822)
Species Alpheus semicylindrus Weber, 1795 accepted as Xenophthalmodes semicylindrus (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Alpheus senex Weber, 1795 accepted as Oziotelphusa senex (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Alpheus setosus Weber, 1795 accepted as Pseudograpsus setosus (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Alpheus seurati Coutière, 1905 accepted as Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
Species Alpheus sexpes Weber, 1795 accepted as Hexapus sexpes (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Alpheus shearmii Alcock & Anderson, 1899 accepted as Alpheopsis shearmii (Alcock & Anderson, 1899)
Species Alpheus similis Czerniavsky, 1884 accepted as Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832
Species Alpheus sinuosus Guérin-Méneville, 1857 accepted as Betaeus truncatus Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus sivado Risso, 1816 accepted as Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816)
Species Alpheus socialis Heller, 1865 accepted as Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862
Species Alpheus spinifrons H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840] accepted as Synalpheus spinifrons (H.Milne Edwards, 1837 [in Milne Edwards, 1834-1840])
Species Alpheus spiniger Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Synalpheus spiniger (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Alpheus stimpsonii De Man, 1888 accepted as Synalpheus stimpsonii (De Man, 1888)
Species Alpheus streptochirus Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832
Species Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1838 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1829-1838]
Species Alpheus tetragonus Weber, 1795 accepted as Muradium tetragonum (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Alpheus tinctor Weber, 1795 accepted as Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792)
Species Alpheus transverso-dactylus Kingsley, 1878 accepted as Alpheus clamator Lockington, 1877
Species Alpheus tricuspidatus Heller, 1861 accepted as Synalpheus tricuspidatus (Heller, 1861)
Species Alpheus tricuspidatus Heller, 1862 accepted as Synalpheus tricuspidatus (Heller, 1861)
Species Alpheus tridens Weber, 1795 accepted as Parathelphusa tridentata H. Milne Edwards, 1853
Species Alpheus tridentatus Zehntner, 1894 accepted as Alpheus bidens (Olivier, 1811)
Species Alpheus tridentulatus Dana, 1852 accepted as Synalpheus tridentulatus (Dana, 1852)
Species Alpheus trisulcatus Leach, 1814 [in Leach, 1813-1814] accepted as Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775)
Species Alpheus triunguiculatus De Man, 1888 accepted as Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1900
Species Alpheus triunguiculatus Paul’son, 1875 accepted as Synalpheus triunguiculatus (Paul'son, 1875)
Species Alpheus tuberculosus Osorio, 1892 accepted as Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852
Species Alpheus tumido-manus Paul’son, 1875 accepted as Synalpheus tumidomanus tumidomanus (Paul'son, 1875)
Species Alpheus tyrhenus Risso, 1816 accepted as Pontonia pinnophylax (Otto, 1821)
Species Alpheus ventrosus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840] accepted as Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1838 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1829-1838]
Species Alpheus viridis Otto, 1821 accepted as Hippolyte inermis Leach, 1816
Species Alpheus vittatus Nardo, 1847 accepted as Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1813 [in Leach, 1813-1814])
Environment marine
Distribution Indo-Pacific [details]
Host of  Faba glabra Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1930 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Zeuxokoma alphei Kossmann, 1872 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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Notes  Authority: Fabricius, 1798 [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106978
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
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2011-11-18 10:08:41Z  changed  Fransen, Charles
  
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  Citation: Fransen, C.; De Grave, S.; Türkay, M. (2013). Alpheus Fabricius, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106978 on 2013-06-19
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