Species Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852

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Regional Maps

• Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus Crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6: 10-28 [22] [also Dana, J.D. 1852. Crustacea. United States Exploring Expedition 13: 1–685 (550)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (presumed lost), Balabac Straits, N Borneo.

  Secondary source:

   Dana, J.D. 1852. Crustacea, Part 1. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 13(1): 1-685.
• Alpheus parabrevipes Coutière, H. 1898. Note sur quelques alphéidés nouveaux de la collection du British Museum (Crust). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1898(6): 149-152, 2 figs [151].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Samoa, Pacific Ocean.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Banner, D.M. & Banner, A.H. 1982. The alpheid shrimp of Australia. Part III: The remaining alpheids, principally the genus Alpheus, and the family Ogyrididae. Records of the Australian Museum 34(1): 1-357 figs 1-95 [77]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Andaman Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia east to Marshall Islands, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, littoral, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

From heads of coral, intertidal pools, to 3 m depth.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jul-2013		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)