Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 180) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E and S Africa, Madagascar, Saya de Malha Bank, Mauritius-Seychelles Ridge, Seychelles, Maldives, Chagos Islands, Cocos Keeking and Christmas Islands, Thailand, South China Sea, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Micronesia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia (new records: Cartier and Hibernia Reefs, W Australia; Middleton Reef, Tasman Sea), New Guinea, New Britain, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Line Islands, Wake Island, Hawaii, Easter Island.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus collumianus. - Nobili, G., 1907: 354. - French Polynesia
Alpheus collumianus. - Odinetz, O., 1983: 207. - French Polynesia
Alpheus collumianus. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 179. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Easter Island; Society (Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Makatea, Marutea South) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m (0-160m); Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora); Echinoderm associate, Hard bottom.

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Alpheus collumianus. - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m; det. D. Banner). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Alpheus seurati Coutière 1905a: 881, pl. 75, fig. 20, 20a-e; 1905b: 22 (Marutea). - Seurat, 1934: 60 (Marutea South). - Alpheus collumianus - Nobili, 1907: 354 (Marutea South). - Sendler, 1923: 46 (Makatea). - Chace, 1988: 19 (Syn.). - Miya, 1974: 109, pl. 19, fig. a-d (See remark); 1984: 92 (Under coral rock and among branches and in holes in bases of living Acropora). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Tahiti, but recorded as "Takapoto" in Paris collections; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1983: 27 (Specimens found in association with a sea star, Ophiothrix keystonia) - Alpheus collumianus medius - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 264 ("BD3, BD30" = Tahiti, "BD8, BD22" = Bora Bora, "BD33" = Moorea). - Miya, 1974: 112, pl. 16, fig. e-g (See remark). - Alpheus collumianus inermis - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 264 ("BD2-3, BD5-6, BD30" = Tahiti, "BD16" = Bora Bora, "BD33" = Moorea; see remark). - Alpheus probabilis - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Moorea, Tahiti; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate; recorded under A. collumianus probabilis Banner, 1956, det. Banner, in MNHN collections). - Poupin, 1998: 18 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 179 (References, distribution). - Remark. - From material collected in the Marianas, Banner (1956) has established three subspecies: A. c. probablis, A. c. medius, and A. c. inermis. The exact identity of these three subspecies must be clarified (see also Miya, 1974). For French Polynesia, A.H. & D.M. Banner (1967: 265) wrote: "According to field notes, a pair of cherry-red specimens apparently cohabiting were collected off southern Bora Bora and were bottled together as BD16. By the criteria established to separate the two subspecies, one appears to be A. c. medius and one A. c. inermis. Obviously this collection throws considerable doubt on the validity of the subspecies, but more specimens should be examined before the subspecies, distinct anatomically, are discarded".

Depth distribution: 0 - 75 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/