Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 212) - NW Australia (new records: Cartier Islands and Exmouth, W Australia), Taiwan, Phiippines, Micronesia, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus mitis. - Nobili, G., 1907: 355. - French Polynesia
Alpheus mitis. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1983: 55. ["There is a serious question in our minds about the separation of A. paracritinus and A. mitis Dana"] - World distribution
Alpheus mitis. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 212. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Tuamotu (Fakahina, Makatea) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; ?Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Alpheus mitis - Nobili, 1907: 355 (Fakahina). - Sendler, 1923: 46 (Makatea). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1983: 55. - Poupin, 1998: 20 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 212 (References, distribution). - Remark: A.H. & D.M. Banner (1983: 55-57) write "There is a serious question in our minds about the separation of A. paracritinus and A. mitis Dana...Unfortunately we cannot reexamine the type specimens for that of DANA is missing...Therefore the question of the separation of the two species must at present be left unanswered..."; Anker (2001: 212) considers that the two species are valid, according to colour pattern.

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/