Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 185) - Indo-West Pacific, reported from Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Maldives, Laccadives, Chagos Islands, Sri Lanka, Cocos Keeling Island, South China Sea, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Micronesia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Britain, Australia (new record: Cartier Reef, W Australia; Hibernia Reef, Timor Sea), Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Midway Island, Hawaii.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus diadema. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1967: 267. - French Polynesia
Alpheus diadema. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 184. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Gambier (Mangareva); Society (Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora); Algae facultative associate.

Regional Records: Alpheus insignis - Nobili, 1907: 355 (Mangareva). - Alpheus diadema - A.H. Banner, 1956: 357 (Syn.). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 267 ("BD3, coral heads, BD37, inner reef" = Tahiti, "BD8, inner reef, BD13, barrier reef, BD21, sandy area from scattered heads of deads corals, BD26, BD28, from dead coral heads, behind growing reef" = Bora Bora). - Miya, 1974: 152, pl. 29 (Syn.; collected in bases of coral Pocillopora, Heliopora, and Porites, or in coralline algal masses). - Naim, 1980, annex 1-2 (Moorea; in algae Hydroclathrus clathratus, Halimeda opuntia, Symploca hypnoides, Turbinaria ornata, Actinotrichia rigida). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Moorea, Tahiti; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Moorea, Tahiti; in coral Pocillopora). - Poupin, 1998: 18 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 184 (References, distribution). - Synonym - Alpheus insignis Heller, 1861. - Unpublished specimens - Moorea fieldwork December 2006, coll. Poupin, Papetoai lagoon, 0.1 m, fringing reef, coral rubbles, photograph, det. A. Anker/J. Poupin. - Moorea Biocode project.

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/