Alpheus packardii Kingsley, 1880

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 : 7

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scientific name	Alpheus packardii Kingsley, 1880
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Previous records. (?) Heck, 1977: 338 [around Galeta Island, as Alpheus normanni Kingsley, 1878 ]; (?) Birkeland et al., 1976: 136 [Galeta reef, as A. normanni ]; (?) Heck, 1979: 199 [Caribbean Panama, as A. normanni ]; (?) Cubit and Williams, 1983: 24 [Galeta Point, as A. normanni ]; (?) Knowlton and Weigt, 1998: 2258 [Caribbean Panama, as A. normanni ]; (?) Williams et al., 2001: 377 [Caribbean Panama, as A. normanni A, B, C].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 1 spec., Isla Colón , Boca del Drago, 09°24.764’N 082°19.868’W, under rocks near sea grass, 0.5–1 m, leg. A. Anker, 04.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps . 2008-14-108; many spec., Isla Colón , Boca del Drago, 09°24.764’N 082°19.868’W, intertidal and shallow subtidal near sea grass bed, at night, leg. A. Anker, 05.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008- 14-081; 1 spec., Isla Colón , off STRI station pier ,

09°14.983’N 082°08.239’W, dredge, 0.5 m, leg. S. De Grave, 09.08.2005, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps . 2005-10-084; 1 spec., Isla Colón, off STRI station pier 09°14.983’N 082°08.239’W, sea grass bed, sledge at night, S. De Grave, 04.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps . 2008-14-096, 2 spec., same location, leg. S. De Grave, 07.08.2005, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2005-10-097.

Remarks. Alpheus packardii is part of the still unresolved transisthmian A. normanni species complex, which includes at least five (pseudo)cryptic taxa ( Williams et al., 2001; Anker, in prep.). Therefore, the true identity of the material recorded under this name from the Caribbean coast of Panama is currently unknown, but it is certain that more than one species from this complex is present in the area (Anker, in prep.).

References

Birkeland, C.; Reimer, A. A. and Young, J. R. 1976. Survey of marine communities in Panama and experiments with oil. Report EPA- 600 / 3 - 76 - 028. Narrangasett, Environmental Research Laboratory.

Cubit, J. and Williams, S. 1983. The invertebrates of Galeta Reef (Caribbean Panama): A species list and bibliography. Atoll Research Bulletin, 269: 1 - 45.

Heck, K. L. Jr. 1979. Some determinants of the composition and abundance of motile macroinvertebrate species in tropical and temperate turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadows. Journal of Biogeography, 6: 183 - 200.

Williams, S. T.; Knowlton, N.; Weigt, L. A. and Jara, A. 2001. Evidence for three major clades within the snapping shrimp genus Alpheus inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 20: 375 - 389.