Species Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844
- Alpheus digitalis De Haan, W. 1844. Crustacea. 1-243 pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2 in von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden : Lugduni-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850, Atlas dated 1844] [178 pl. 45 fig. 4].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH D5547 1 dry specimen, Japan. - Alpheus distinguendus de Man, J.G. 1909. Note sur quelques espèces du genre Alpheus Fabr. appartenant au Groupe brevirostris de M. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 22: 146-164 pls 7, 8 [155 pl. 7 figs 9-14].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH D5535 1 dry specimen, Japan.
Paratype(s) RMNH D5534 3 dry specimens, Japan; RMNH D5536 1 dry specimen, Japan.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bruce, A.J. 1994. Alpheus fenneri sp. nov. and A. williamsi sp. nov., two new Indo-west Pacific Alpheid shrimps of the Brevirostris species group. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 11: 15-28 [22]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Nocturnal, in depths less than 37 m.
General References
Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 551 pp. [188] (A. Anker (pers. comm.) believes this taxon is a complex of several species)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |