Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 236) - A. sulcatus macrochirus: Gulf of Aden (new record: Socotra Island, Yemen), E and S Africa, Comores, Seychelles, Madagascar, Indonesia, Australia (new record: Cartier Reef, Timor Sea), Philippines, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Micronesia, Fiji, Line Eslands, Cook Islands, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Alpheus macrochirus. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1967: 268. [Alpheus macrochirus Richters, 1880 is a junior synonym of A. sulcatus Kingsley, 1878] - French Polynesia
Alpheus sulcatus. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1985: 65. [synonymy] - Indonesia
Alpheus sulcatus. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 236. [Worldwide preliminary catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Nuku Hiva); Society (Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Alpheus macrochirus - Ortman, 1890: 485 (Tahiti). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 268 ("BD14, from ridge demarking outer margin of inner reef flat" = Bora Bora; Moorea; Nuku Hiva).- Alpheus sulcatus - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1985: 65 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 22 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 236 (References, distribution, ecology). - Synonym - Alpheus macrochirus Richters, 1880.

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/