Species Alpheus rapacida de Man, 1908
- Alpheus rapacida de Man, J.G. 1908. Diagnoses of new species of Macrurous decapod Crustacea from the "Siboga-Expedition" III. Notes from the Leyden Museum 30(14): 98-112 [105].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA ♂ ♀, Indonesia: Ruma Kuda Bay, Roma Island; Saleh Bay.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (South Africa to Indonesia, Vietnam, and east to Hawai'i), Mediterranean coast of Israel.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, rock reef, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Burrows into sandy to muddy bottoms, forms commensal relationship with gobiid fishes, depths to 56 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 [160] (Australian records)
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) |