Species Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
- Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, J.S. 1878. (Art. VII) A synopsis of the North America species of the genus Alpheus. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(1): 189-199 [193].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM 2 imperfect specimens (probable depository institution), Bay of Panama and Zorritos, Peru. - Alpheus macrochirus 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 31-33].
Type data:
Syntype(s) 14 specimens, Fouquets, Mauritius. - Alpheus luciae Barnard, K.H. 1947. Descriptions of new species of South African decapod Crustacea, with notes on synonymy and new records. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 13: 361-392 [389].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAM ♂, St Lucia Bay, Zululand.
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 [79]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Atlantic-Indo-Pacific Oceans (south Africa to Japan, east to Society and Galapagos Islands, Pacific American mainland from Gulf of California to Peru, and western Africa from equator to southern Angola).
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), 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, low intertidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Under rocks intertidally, from coral, dredged to 24 m.
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. [201] (A. Anker (pers. comm.) believes this taxon is a complex of several species)
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) |