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Alpheus (crustacean)

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Alpheus is a genus of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae. This genus contains in excess of 330 species,[1] making this the most species-rich genus of shrimp.[2] Like other snapping shrimp, the claws of Alpheus are asymmetrical, with one of the claws enlarged for making a popping noise.[3] Some species in the genus enter into symbiotic relationships with gobiid fishes,[4] and others associate with sea anemones.[5]

Alpheus
Alpheus digitalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Alpheidae
Genus: Alpheus
Fabricius, 1798
Type species
Alpheus avarus[1]
Fabricius, 1798
Species

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Synonyms
List
  • Alphaeus Fabricus, 1798
  • Alpheoides Paulson, 1875
  • Alphous Fabricius, 1798
  • Asphalius Roux, 1831
  • Autonomaea Risso, 1816
  • Autonomea Risso, 1816
  • Crangon Weber, 1795
  • Cryptophthalmus Rafinesque, 1814
  • Dienecia Westwood, 1835
  • Halopsyche de Saussure, 1857
  • Nauplius Risso, 1844
  • Paralpheus Spence Bate, 1888
  • Phleusa Nardo, 1847
  • Thunor Armstrong, 1949
This article is about the genus of snapping shrimp. For the cultic epithet of the Greek god Poseidon, see Asphaleius.

Species

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The holotype of Alpheus cedrici

Valid species as of October 2023:[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kim, Won; Abele, Lawrence G. (1988). The snapping shrimp genus Alpheus from the eastern Pacific (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Vol. 454. pp. 1–119. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.454. hdl:10088/5122.
  2. ^ N. Knowlton & D. K. Mills (1992). "The systematic importance of color and color pattern: evidences for complexes of sibling species of snapping shrimp (Caridea: Alpheidae: Alpheus) from the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Panama". Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 18: 1–5.
  3. ^ Labrador Park
  4. ^ Raymond T. Bauer (2004). "Symbiosis". Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans. Animal Natural History Series. Vol. 7. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 179–203. ISBN 9780806135557.
  5. ^ Pérez-Botello, Antar Mijail; Mascaró, Maite & Simões, Nuno (2021). "The importance of home cleaning: sediment transport by alpheid shrimps provides a competitive advantage to their host anemones". Frontiers in Marine Science. 8 (May): 1–14. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.677024.
  6. ^ DecaNet eds. (2023). DecaNet. Alpheus Fabricius, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106978 on 2023-10-13
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