Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905

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 : 481-482

Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905

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Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905: 901 ; Anker & De Grave, 2016: 344.

Material examined. PG: 1 male ( ZUTC 6682 ), Bushehr, Coll. R. Naderloo, 3 Apr. 2015 ; 1 male and 1 female ( ZUTC 6683 ), Hormuz I., on dead corals, Coll. A. Dehghani, 15 May 2016 ; GO: 2 males, 2 ovig. females ( ZUTC 6684 ) Chabahar Bay, Tis , on dead corals, Coll. A. Sari and A. Kazemi, 2 May 2014 .

Distribution. Indo-West Pacific: from Red Sea to Micronesia and Samoa.

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

Habitat. Found under coral rubble or in crevices of dead coral heads.

Remark. This species belongs to the Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881 species complex, but shows a distinct distribution pattern compared to A. paracrinitus . This species is distinguishable from A. paracrinitus by absence of balaeniceps on minor chela. Geographically, A. paracrinitus is an amphi-Atlantic species while A. alpheopsides occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Alpheus abumusa Dehghani et al. (2018), A. Male (CL. 8.3 mm), Abu-Musa Island; Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905, B. Male (CL. 5 mm), Hormuz Island; Alpheus ankeri Dehghani et al. (2018) C. male (CL. 8.4 mm), D. Female (CL. 8.5 mm), Abu-Musa Island. Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897, E. Male (CL. 8.9 mm); F. Female (CL. 8.7 mm), Abu- Musa Island.