Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus paracritinus Miers, 1881


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 219) - Pantropical, reported from Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E and S Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Maldives, Laccadives, Thailand, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, South China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia (new record, North West Shelf), Micronesia, Melanesia, French Polynesia, Hawaii, C Pacific, Clipperton, Clarion Island, Gulf of California, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Galapagos, Caribbean Sea, Bermuda, Brazil, Ascension Island, Cape Verde Islands, Ghana.

Remarks : Lt about 5-20 mm.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus paracritinus. - Chace, F. A., 1962: 609. - Clipperton
Alpheus paracritinus. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1967: 278. - French Polynesia
Alpheus paracritinus. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 219. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Clipperton (intertital to 18 m, in coral rubbles or associated with corals); ?Marquesas (Fatu Hiva); Society (Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral facultative associate; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: CLIPPERTON - Crangon paracrinitus - Schmitt, 1939a: 12 (Clipperton). - Alpheus paracrinitus - Chace, 1962: 609 (Clipperton). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Alpheus paracritinus - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 278 ("BD4, BD30, various heads of corals, BD36-37" = Tahiti, "BD11, from dead heads of Porites, BD13, various living and dead corals, BD21, scattered heads of dead corals, BD25, BD28, dead coral heads" = Bora Bora, "BD34" = Moorea). - MIYA, 1974: 157, pl. 31 (Syn.). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Takapoto). - Poupin, 1998: 21 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 219 (References, distribution). - Moorea Biocode project (with aff.). - Alpheus sp. aff. paracrinitus (Pre-det. A. Anker, March 2012, from photos) - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ16-M, Fatu Hiva, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC175.

Depth distribution: 0 - 18 m

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/