Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus ovaliceps Coutière, 1905b


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 215) - E Africa, Laccadives, Chagos Islands, Philippines, Australia (local new records: Cartier Reef, W Australia: Lady Elliott Island, SE Queensland), Micronesia, Tonga, Samoa, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus ovaliceps. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1967: 275. - French Polynesia
Alpheus ovaliceps. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 215. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

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

Regional Records: Alpheus ovaliceps - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 275 ("BD3, from coral heads" = Tahiti, "BD8, from inner reef" = Bora Bora). - Chace, 1988: 44 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 21 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 215 (References, distribution).

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/