Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1829


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 207) - Probably all tropical coasts of Indian Ocean from Red Sea and Persian Gulf to South Africa and Thailand, tropical W Pacific from S Japan to S Australia, via Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Easter Island, Vietnam, Madang, Papua New Guinea. Plus Clipperton.

Remarks : Lt about 10-40 mm.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus lottini. - Chace, F. A., 1962: 608. - Clipperton
Alpheus lottini. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1967: 267. - French Polynesia
Alpheus lottini. - Kropp, R. K. and Birkeland, C., 1981: 629, tab. 5. - French Polynesia
Alpheus lottini. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 205. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Clipperton (in coral Pocillopora, 8-20 m); Easter Island; Gambier (Mangareva); Marquesas (Nuku Hiva); Society (Bora Bora, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Makatea, Moruroa, Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral obligate associate (Gen. Pocillopora).

Regional Records: CLIPPERTON - Crangon ventrosa. - Hertlein & Emerson, 1957: 6 (Clipperton). - Alpheus lottini Chace, 1962: 608 (Clipperton). - Knowlton & Weigt, 1997: 205, fig. 10.1 (Clipperton ; DNA analysis). - Williams et al., 1999: 197, fig. 2, tab. 1 (Clipperton ; DNA analysis). - Anker, 2001: 205 (distribution, synonymy). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - EASTER ISLAND - Alpheus lottini - Fransen, 1987: 525 (Vaihu, Easter Island, 16 m, in dead coral; February 1986; 1 juv. 1.90 mm). - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458, tab. 4 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m; det. D. Banner). - Retamal & Navarro, 2001: 215 (off .Anakena Bay in Easter Island, in branches of coral Pocillopora; coll. M. Retamal, 1995 Chilean Navy, POI Expedition). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Alpheus laevis - Heller, 1865: 107 (Tahiti). - Alpheus obesomanus - Boone, 1935: 135 (Raiatea, Tahiti; in coral) "partim" in A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1964, not A. obesomanus Dana, 1852. - Alpheus lottini - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1964: 88 (Syn.); 1967: 267 ("BD2, various coral head" = Tahiti, "BD15, from Pocillopora, BD26, living and dead coral" = Bora Bora; Moorea). - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 629, tab. 5 (Moorea, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora). - Odinetz, 1983: 205 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora). - Kim & Abele, 1988: 33, fig. 13 (Syn.; Exclusively in coral Pocilloporidae). - Fransen et al., 1997: 154 (Dry collections RMNH D5544; Tahiti). - Poupin, 1998: 22 (Checklist, new record Moruroa, Tuamotu, in coral Pocillopora). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 205 (References, distribution, ecology; p. 6 Tahiti, specimens in MHNN, coll. Odinetz). - Alpheus ventrosus - Nobili, 1907: 355 (Rikitea). - Sendler, 1923: 46 (Makatea). - Boone, 1935: 126, pl. 33 ("Anaho bay" = Nuku Hiva, "Point Venus" = Tahiti, "Teviatoa" = Raiatea). - Alpheus sublucanus - Naim, 1980, annex 1, tab. 3 (Moorea) - Poupin, 1998: 22 (Checklist). - Synonyms - Alpheus laevis Randall, 1840; Alpheus sublucanus (Forskål, 1775); Alpheus ventrosus H. Milne Edwards, 1837. - Moorea Biocode project (with 'complex')

Depth distribution: 0 - 60 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
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