Alpheus schmitti Chace, 1972

Anker, Sammy De Grave and Arthur, 2017, An annotated checklist of marine caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Malacostraca: Decapoda) of the Caribbean coast of Panama, Nauplius (e 2017015) 25, pp. 1-40 : 9

Alpheus schmitti Chace, 1972

Previous records. Abele, 1976: 273 [around Colón]; Birkeland et al., 1976: 136 [Galeta reef]; Cubit and Williams, 1983: 24 [Galeta Point]; Knowlton and Weigt, 1998: 2258 [Caribbean Panama]; Williams et al., 2001: 377 [Caribbean Panama]; Hurt et al., 2009: 516 [Caribbean Panama].

Remarks. The species has been recorded from the Florida Keys, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and several localities in the Caribbean Sea, including Dominican Republic, Colombia and Panama ( Felder et al., 2009); lives in self-constructed galleries inside dead corals, usually in exposed areas and in very shallow water ( 0–2 m).