Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 221) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, E Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Maldives, Chagos Islands, Laccadives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, S China, Taiwan, Micronesia, Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, ?Hawaii.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus parvirostris. - Coutière, H., 1905b: 23. - French Polynesia
Alpheus parvirostris. - Nobili, G., 1907: 356. - French Polynesia
Alpheus parvirostris. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1967: 284. - French Polynesia
Alpheus parvirostris. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 221. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Gambier (Mangareva); Society (Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Marutea South, Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Mollusc associate (bivalve G. Pinctada); Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora).

Regional Records: Alpheus parvirostris - Coutière, 1905b: 23 (Marutea). - Nobili, 1907: 356 (Mangareva). - Seurat, 1934: 60 (In pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 284 ("BD4, BD6, BD36-37" = Tahiti, "BD7-8, BD11, BD13-14, BD17, BD19-22, BD25-26, BD28-29" = Bora Bora, "BD33-34" = Moorea). - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 630, tab. 5 (Moorea, Takapoto). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Chace, 1988: 47 (Syn.) - Alpheus euchiroides Nobili, 1906: 257; 1907: 356, pl. 1, fig. 6 (Marutea). - Poupin, 1998: 22 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 221 (References, distribution). - Unpublished specimens - Moorea fieldwork December 2006, coll. Poupin, Papetoai lagoon, 0.1 m, fringing reef, coral rubbles, photograph, det. A. Anker/J. Poupin. - Moorea Biocode project.

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/