Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860



Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 216) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Maldives, Laccadives, Chagos Islands, South China Sea, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Micronesia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia (new local recods: Hibernia Reef; Cartier Reef, Timor Sea), New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Wake Island.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus pachychirus. - Man, J. G. d., 1890: 116, pl. 6, fig. 14. - French Polynesia
Alpheus pachychirus. - Ortmann, A., 1890: 489, pl. 26, fig. 17a-k. - French Polynesia
Alpheus pachychirus. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1967: 275. - French Polynesia
Alpheus pachychirus. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 216. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Society (Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m (to 36 m); Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora).

Regional Records: Alpheus pachychirus - De Man, 1890: 116, pl. 6, fig. 14 (Tahiti). - Ortmann, 1890: 489, pl. 26, fig. 17a-k (Tahiti). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 275 ("BD7, BD13, from various living and dead corals, BD14, BD15, from Pocillopora spp., BD20, from massive dead heads of Porites, BD26, from living and dead coral" = Bora Bora; Moorea). - Miya, 1974: 133, pl. 23, fig. a-c (Syn.). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Poupin, 1998: 21 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 216 (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/