Species Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860
- Alpheus pachychirus 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 [30].
Type data:
Status unknown, (presumed lost), Ryukyu Ils (as Loo Choo).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Ryukyu Islands, and east to Society Islands).
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, low intertidal, reef flat, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Lives in algal tubes, to depths of 36 m.
General References
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 [102] (Australian distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 02-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |