Species Alpheus socialis Heller, 1865

Museums

Regional Maps

• Alpheus socialis Heller, C. 1865. Crustaceen. In, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte `Novara' um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zool. Theil. 2(3): 1–280, pls 1–25. [106].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Auckland and Sydney.
• Alpheus doto White, A. 1847. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 143 pp. [Date published Apr/1847] [75] [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Sir C. Hardys Island, northern Great Barrier Reef.

 

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 [68]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, low intertidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 110 m depth.

 

General References

Hale, H.M. 1927. The Crustaceans of South Australia. Eumalacostraca. Adelaide : Government Printer Vol. 1 201 pp., 202 figs. [46] (illustration and notes)

 

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)