Species Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- Alpheus frontalis Milne Edwards, H. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Paris : Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret Vol. 2 532 pp., Atlas 32 pp., 42 pls. [356] [several early authors incorrectly attributed the original description of A. frontalis to Thomas Say].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande). - Alpheus latifrons Milne Edwards, A. 1873. Description de quelques Crustacés nouveaux ou peu connus provenant du Musée de M.C. Godeffroy. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 1(4): 77-88 pls 12, 13 [263].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH 5831 ♀ (MGH), Upolu, West Samoa, Pacific Ocean. - Bataeus utricola Richters, F. 1880. Decapoda. In, Möbius, K.A. Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen, bearbeitet von K. Möbius, F. Richters und E. von Martens. Berlin. 137-178 pls 15-18 [164 pl. 17 figs 34, 35].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB (probable depository institution), Mauritius.
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 [99]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Japan, Philippines and east to Society Islands).
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, low intertidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Lives in tubes in algae, to 130 m depth.
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) |