Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852

Dehghani, Amir, Sari, Alireza & Naderloo, Reza, 2019, Annotated checklist of the snapping shrimps of the genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran, Zootaxa 4544 (4), pp. 479-504 : 483

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5255774
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scientific name	Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
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Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852 View in CoL

Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852a: 555 View in CoL , pl. 35, fig. 7.

Alpheus insignis Heller, 1861: 269 View in CoL , pl. 3, figs. 17, 18.

Crangon diadema Banner, 1953: 118 , fig. 43.

Material examined. PG: 1 male, 1 ovig. female ( ZUTC 6720 ) Abu-Musa I., in crevices of dead coral heads, Coll. S. Ebrahimnezhad, 12 June 2015 .

Distribution. Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea to Japan and across central Pacific to Hawaii.

Regional records. PG and GO: Iran (present study).

Habitat. This species was found in crevices of dead corals and rocks, associated with coral rubble, mostly found in the lower intertidal to over 5 m deep.

Remarks. This species is easily distinguished from its congeners by having a prominent rostral carina.