• Alpheopsis Coutière, H. 1897. Note sur quelques genres nouveaux ou peu connus d'alphéidés, format la sous-famille des alphéopsides. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2(8): 380-386 [dated 1896] [382] [name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1959. Opinion 559. Determination of the gender to be attributed to six generic names in the Class Crustacea (Order Decapoda) and addition of the names concerned to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20: 283–292; gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Betaeus trispinosus Stimpson, 1860 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157 [32].

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1959. Opinion 559. Determination of the gender to be attributed to six generic names in the Class Crustacea (Order Decapoda) and addition of the names concerned to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20: 283-292.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Pantropical.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, H. 1897. Note sur quelques genres nouveaux ou peu connus d'alphéidés, format la sous-famille des alphéopsides. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2(8): 380-386 [dated 1896] [382].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP, Red Sea and Indian Ocean;
  Status unknown, MNHP, Indian Ocean.
• Alpheopsis equalis truncatus Coutière, H. 1903. Note sur quelques Alpheidae des Maldives et Laquedives. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 5(9): 72-90, 38 figs [89 figs 37, 38].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Goifufahendu Atoll.
• Alpheopsis consobrinus de Man, J.G. 1910. Diagnoses of new species of macrurous decapod Crustacea from the "Siboga Expedition". Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging II 11(4): 287-319 [305].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA, between Nusa Besi and the NE point of Timor, Indonesia (Siboga Stn 282).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Banner, D.M. & Banner, A.H. 1973. The alpheid shrimp of Australia. Part I: The lower genera. Records of the Australian Museum 28(15): 291-382 figs 1-19 [342]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (East Africa and Red Sea to Hawai'i).

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

From dead coral.

General References

Chace, F.A., Jr 1988. The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 5: Family Alpheidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 466: 1-99 [5] (corrected spelling of species name)

History of changes

• Betaeus trispinosus Stimpson, W. 1860. Crustacea Macrura. Pars VIII of Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12: 22-47 [32].

  Type data:

   Neotype AM P8230 ♂, Green Cape, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Banner, D.M. & Banner, A.H. 1973. The alpheid shrimp of Australia. Part I: The lower genera. Records of the Australian Museum 28(15): 291-382 figs 1-19 [337].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific (Madagascar, Réunion Island).

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Depths of 46–139 m.

General References

Banner, D.M. & Banner, A.H. 1973. The alpheid shrimp of Australia. Part I: The lower genera. Records of the Australian Museum 28(15): 291-382 figs 1-19 [337]

History of changes

• Alpheopsis undicola Banner, D.M. & Banner, A.H. 1973. The alpheid shrimp of Australia. Part I: The lower genera. Records of the Australian Museum 28(15): 291-382 figs 1-19 [340 fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P18002 ♂, Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM P18003 ♀ (as allotype).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Found in dead coral.

History of changes

• Alpheopsis yaldwyni Banner, D.M. & Banner, A.H. 1973. The alpheid shrimp of Australia. Part I: The lower genera. Records of the Australian Museum 28(15): 291-382 figs 1-19 [344 fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P18005 ♀, One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM P18006 1♂ 1♀; AM P18007 1♀ 1♂; AM P19167 1♀ 1♂.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

W Pacific (Indonesia, Micronesia, Ryukyu Islands).

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

From broken coral heads.

History of changes