Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 197) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E and possibly S Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mascarenes, Maldives, Chagos Islands, Thailand, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, New Birtain, Australia, Tonga, Samoa, Line Islands, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Hawaii.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus gracilis simplex. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1967: 268. - French Polynesia
Alpheus gracilis. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 197. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Society (Bora Bora, Tahiti) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom; Coral facultative associate (Acropora).

Regional Records: Alpheus gracilis simplex - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 268 ("BD18, from consolidated reef flat made of massive heads of Porites sp." = Bora Bora, "BD30, from various heads of coral" = Tahiti). - Alpheus gracilis - Miya, 1984: 94 (With dead corals). - Chace, 1988: 30 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 19 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 197 (References, distribution). - Moorea Biocode project (with 'complex')

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/