Synalpheus

Synalpheus
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Alpheidae
Genus: Synalpheus
Bate, 1888
Type species
Synalpheus falcatus
Bate, 1888 [1]
Species

See species list

Synonyms
List
  • Alpheinus Borradaile, 1900
  • Homaralphaeus Spence Bate, 1876
  • Homaralpheus Spence Bate, 1888
  • Zuzalpheus Ríos & Duffy, 2007

Synalpheus is a genus of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae, presently containing more than 160 species; new ones are described on a regular basis, and the exact number even of described species is disputed.

  1. ^ Arthur Anker; Sammy De Grave (2008). "Zuzalpheus Ríos and Duffy, 2007: a junior synonym of Synalpheus Bate, 1888 (Decapoda: Alpheidae)" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 28 (4): 735–740. doi:10.1651/07-2969.1. S2CID 86161073.