Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 176) - Red Sea to South Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, S China, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia (new records: Middleton Reef, Tasman Sea, NE Herald Cay, Coral Sea), French Polynesia, Hawaii.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus bucephalus. - Kropp, R. K. and Birkeland, C., 1981: 630, tab. 5. - French Polynesia
Alpheus bucephalus. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 176. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Society (Moorea) ; Tuamotu (Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m (0-80m); Coral facultative associate; ?Sponge and algae associate; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Alpheus bucephalus - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 630, tab. 5 (Moorea, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora). - Chace, 1988: 17 ("Intertidal to 80m"). - Poupin, 1998: 18 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 176 (References, distribution).

Depth distribution: 0 - 80 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/