Species Synalpheus charon (Heller, 1861)
- Alpheus charon Heller, C. 1861. Beiträge zur Crustaceen-Fauna des rothen Meeres. Erster Theil. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematischen-Physikalischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 43(1): 297-374 pls 1-4 [272 pl. 3 figs 21, 22].
Type data:
Status unknown, NHMW (probable depository institution), Red Sea. - Alpheus prolificus Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [556 pl. 99 fig. 4].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, off Honolulu, Hawai'ian Islands (as Sandwich Islands). - Synalpheus helleri de Man, J.G. 1911. The Decapoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part II. Family Alpheidae. Siboga-Expéditie Report Livr. 60 Mon. 39a1 22: 133-465 [245 fig. 37].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA (probable depository institution), Nicobar Ils, northeast Indian Ocean. - Synalpheus charon obscurus Banner, A.H. 1956. Contributions to the knowledge of the Alpheid shrimp of the Pacific Ocean. Part I. Collections from the Mariana Archipelago. Pacific Science 10(3): 318-378 23 figs [329 fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♀ (probable depository institution), SE side of Unai Obyan, Saipan.
Paratype(s) ♂ (as allotype); 14 specimens.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Chace, F.A., Jr 1988. The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 5: Family Alpheidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 466: 1-99 [77]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (South Africa to Japan), east Pacific (Gulf of California to Ecuador).
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, low intertidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Apparently always associated with living coral, depth to 33 m.
General References
Banner, D.M. & Banner, A.H. 1975. The alpheid shrimp of Australia. Part 2: The genus Synalpheus. Records of the Australian Museum 29(12): 267-389 figs 1-29, appendix [369] (Australian records)
History of changes
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 02-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |