Alpheus macrodactylus Ortmann, 1890

Al-Kandari, Manal, Anker, Arthur, Hussain, Sumaiah, Al-Yassen, Sharifa, Sattari, Zainab & Grave, Sammy De, 2020, New records of decapod crustaceans from Kuwait (Malacostraca: Decapoda), Zootaxa 4803 (2), pp. 251-280 : 255-256

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.2.2

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scientific name

Alpheus macrodactylus Ortmann, 1890
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Alpheus macrodactylus Ortmann, 1890 View in CoL

( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 )

Alpheus macrodactylus Ortmann 1890: 473 View in CoL , pl. 36, fig. 10, 10e; Pearson 1905: 87; Banner & Banner 1982: 210, fig. 65; Banner & Banner 1983: 44; Naderloo & Türkay 2012: 10 View Cited Treatment .

Material examined. Kuwait: 1 male (minor cheliped missing), OUMNH. ZC. 2020.01.019, Failaka Island , eastern side, 29°23.409’N 48° 23.927’E, mixed rocky-muddy intertidal, burrows in mud, suction (yabby) pump, leg. A. Anker & S. De Grave, 03.x.2019 [KUW-073] GoogleMaps .

General distribution. Apparently widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, with records from the Arabi- an Gulf ( Kuwait, Iran), East Africa ( Somalia, Kenya), Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) ( Ortmann 1890; De Man 1898; Pearson 1905; Banner & Banner 1982; Naderloo & Türkay 2012; exact range uncertain due to confusion with closely related taxa.

Ecology. Intertidal and shallow subtidal mud flats, sometimes close to mixed rocky-muddy beaches, also in mangrove swamps.

Remarks. Alpheus macrodactylus is part of the larger A. malabaricus ( Fabricius, 1775) species complex, which needs a thorough taxonomic revision ( Anker 2001b). The species was previously known from the Arabian Gulf only by a record based on a single specimen from Qeshm Island, Iran ( Naderloo & Türkay 2012). The identity of the Kuwaiti specimen ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ) is somewhat uncertain for (1) it is missing the diagnostic minor cheliped; (2) both second pereiopods appear to have regenerated and therefore present an abnormal ratio of the carpal subdivisions; (3) the proportions of the major chela are somewhat different from those of the Australian specimen illustrated by Banner & Banner (1982).

ZC

Zoological Collection, University of Vienna

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Alpheidae

Genus

Alpheus

Loc

Alpheus macrodactylus Ortmann, 1890

Al-Kandari, Manal, Anker, Arthur, Hussain, Sumaiah, Al-Yassen, Sharifa, Sattari, Zainab & Grave, Sammy De 2020
2020
Loc

Alpheus macrodactylus

Naderloo, R. & Turkay, M. 2012: 10
Banner, A. H. & Banner, D. M. 1983: 44
Banner, D. M. & Banner, A. H. 1982: 210
Pearson, J. 1905: 87
Ortmann, A. 1890: 473
1890
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