Species Alpheus villosus (Olivier, 1811)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Palaemon villosus Olivier, A.G. 1811. Palémon. pp. 652-667 in Olivier, A.G. (ed.). Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes. Paris : H. Agasse Vol. 8 722 pp. [664].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, 'la mer des Indes' (holotype apparently has an accompanying label with the locality 'Port du Roi Georges', presumably King George Sound, Albany, WA).

  Type locality 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 [52].
• Palaemon diversimanus Olivier, A.G. 1811. Palémon. pp. 652-667 in Olivier, A.G. (ed.). Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes. Paris : H. Agasse Vol. 8 722 pp. [663] [despite having page priority over P. villosus, Banner & Banner (1982: 52) listed this species as a junior synonym without comment, but presumably because the type specimens are lost, the type locality is vague, and the specific differences from the well known P. villosus are unclear; this action can be considered that of first reviser, and thus Palaemon villosus named on the next page of the same work is to be considered the senior name (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])].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP (presumed lost), Australia (as Nouvelle Hollande).

  Secondary source:

   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.

 

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 [49]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Mascarene Islands, Sulu Archipelago).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, low intertidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Taken from corals, depths to 44 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 [53] (recognised a 'northern' and 'southern' form in Australia)

 

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)