Species Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897
- Alpheus splendidus Coutière, H. 1897. Note sur quelques Alphéidés nouveaux ou peu connus rapportés de Djibouti (Afrique orientale). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 3: 233-236 [236].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP ♀, Djibouti, NE Africa. - Alpheus pomatoceros Banner, A.H. & Banner, D.M. 1966. The Alpheidae shrimp of Thailand. Siam Society Monographs 3: i-v 1-168 pp. 62 figs [93].
Type data:
Holotype ♂, Lam Chong Klan, Koh Samui, Thailand.
Paratype(s) 9♀ 9♂.
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 [56]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Red Sea, Seychelles, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong).
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, intertidal, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Under coral and rocks, to 2–3 m depth.
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. [199] (A. Anker (pers. comm.) believes this taxon is a complex of several species)
History of changes
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