Family Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815

Alpheopsis labis Chace Jr., 1972

Diagnosis: Chace Jr., 1972:55, fig.15 Previous record: Coelho-Filho, 2006:7.

Alpheopsis trigonus (Rathbun, 1901)

Diagnosis: Rathbun, 1901: 111, fig.21 (as Jousseaumea trigona Rathbun, 1901) Previous record: Coelho-Filho, 2006:7.

Alpheus amblyonyx Chace Jr., 1972

Diagnosis: Chace Jr., 1972:59, fig. 16. Previous record: Coelho-Filho, 2006:7.

Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Diagnosis: Williams, 1984:92, fig. 63.

Previous records: Chace Jr., 1972: 62; Coelho and Ramos, 1972:149; Christoffersen, 1980:23; 1998:356.

Examined material: AUG/92: Praia do Porto, 9 males, 1 female (ovigerous). NOV/92: Praia do Porto, 1 male. JAN/93: Baía do Sueste, 3 males, 1 female. MAR/93: Baía do Sueste, 4 females (ovigerous). JUL/93: Baía do Sueste, 4 males, 1 female. JAN/2000: Praia da Caieira: 1 specimen.

Habitat: in the sublittoral (in the interior of blocks of rocks), and on rocks in bottom sandy-muddy; generally in pairs.

Observation: greenish coloration.

Alpheus belli Coutiére, 1898

Diagnosis: Coutière, 1898b:149, fig.1-1a.

Previous records: Chace Jr., 1972:63; Christoffersen, 1998:357. Examined material: Praia da Caieira, 3 males, 1 female. Habitat: in pools, under rocky blocks.

Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne Edwards, 1878

Diagnosis: Crosnier and Forest, 1966:273, fig.22.

Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900

Diagnosis: Crosnier and Forest, 1966:260, figs.17-18.

Previous records: Pocock, 1890:520 (as Alpheus obeso -manus Dana, 1852); Crosnier and Forest, 1966:260; Chace Jr., 1972:65; Coelho and Ramos, 1972:149; Fausto-Filho, 1974:5; Christoffersen, 1979:308, 1998:357; Abele and Kim, 1986:18; Coelho et al., 2002:437.

Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878

Diagnosis: Chace Jr., 1972:65.

Previous record: Coelho et al., 2002:437.

Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850

Diagnosis: Williams, 1984:94, fig.64.

Previous records: Pocock, 1890:519 [as Alpheus panamensis Kingsley, 1878]; Christoffersen, 1979:314, 1998:358; Coelho et al., 2002:437.

Examined material: Fernando de Noronha (without indication of locality), 1 male, 1 female (ovigerous).

Habitat: in pools, under rocky blocks.

Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835)

Diagnosis: Crosnier and Forest, 1966:218.

Previous records: Ramos-Porto, 1979: 177.

Examined material: Almirante Saldanha Expedition, station 1668A, 1 specimen. Habitat: bottom of calcareous algae; between 13 and 88 m in depth.

Alpheus normanni Kingsley, 1878

Diagnosis: Williams, 1984:97, fig.66.

Previous records: Christoffersen, 1979:322, 1998:359; Coelho et al., 2002:437.

Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881

Diagnosis: Crosnier and Forest, 1966:253, fig. 15a-f. Previous record: Coelho-Filho, 2006:8.

Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880

Diagnosis: Kim and Abele, 1988: 28, fig.11.

Previous records: Coelho and Ramos, 1972:150; Abele and Kim, 1986:19; Christoffersen, 1998:361.

Examined material: MAR/93: Baía do Sueste, 1 female (ovigerous). Praia de Atalaia, 3 females (ovigerous).

Habitat: sand beach, sublittoral.

Automate evermanni Rathbun, 1901

Diagnosis: Rathbun, 1901:112, fig.22. Previous record: Coelho-Filho, 2006:8.

Metalpheus rostratipes (Pocock, 1890) Diagnosis: Crosnier and Forest, 1966:246, figs.12-14 (as Alpheus rostratipes Pocock, 1890). Previous records: Pocock, 1890:522 (as Alpheus rostratipes); Crosnier and Forest, 1966:246; Chace Jr., 1972:78; Coelho and Ramos, 1972:149; Abele and Kim, 1986:19; Manning and Chace, 1990:16; Christoffersen, 1998:361; Coelho et al., 2002:437.

Salmoneus arubae (Schmitt, 1936)

Diagnosis: Schmitt, 1936:366, pl.12, figs.2a-g (as Jousseaumea arubae Schmitti, 1936).

Previous records: none.

Examined material: NOV/92: Praia da Caieira, 1 male. AUG/93: Baía do Sueste, 1 male, 1 female (ovigerous).

Habitat: in the interior of blocks encrusted with soft seaweed; under rocks; in bottom sandy-muddy; depth of up to 4 meters; always in pairs.

Observations: yellow coloration.

Synalpheus brooksi Coutière, 1909

Diagnosis: Christoffersen, 1980:152, figs.36-38. Previous record: Coelho-Filho, 2006:8.

Synalpheus paraneptunus Coutière, 1909

Diagnosis: Coutière, 1909:86, fig. 52. Previous record: Coelho-Filho, 2006:9.

Synalpheus rathbunae Coutière, 1909

Diagnosis: Coutière, 1909:84, fig. 51. Previous record: Coelho-Filho, 2006:9.

Synalpheus sanctithomae Coutière, 1909

Diagnosis: Coutière, 1909:61, fig.35. Previous record: Coelho-Filho, 2006:9.

Synalpheus townsendi Coutière, 1909

Diagnosis: Williams, 1984:106, fig.73.

Previous records: Christoffersen, 1998:364 (probably); Coelho-Filho, 2006:9.