Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Synalpheus

Synalpheus charon (Heller, 1861)


Distribution : Anker (2001, fasc. 2: 280) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E and S Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Maldives, Chagos Islands, Nicobar Islands, S Philippines, Australia, Islands of C Pacific (Wake, Hawaii), Clipperton Island, Gulf of California to Panama. Also French Polynesia.

Remarks : Lt up to 9-20 mm

Selected Reference(s)
Synalpheus charon. - Chace, F. A., 1962: 613. - Clipperton
Synalpheus charon. - Banner, A. H. and Banner, D. M., 1967: 262. - French Polynesia
Synalpheus charon. - Kropp, R. K. and Birkeland, C., 1981: 629, tab. 5. - French Polynesia
Synalpheus charon. - Anker, A., 2001: fasc. 2, p. 279. [Worldwide commented catalogue] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Clipperton (intertidal to 10-20 m, in coral Pocillopora); Marquesas (bank off Motane, 35-40 m); Society (Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Takapoto) - Marine; Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora); Hard bottom.

Regional Records: CLIPPERTON - Synalpheus charon - Chace, 1962: 613 (Clipperton). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Synalpheus charon - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 262 ("BD2, various coral heads" = Tahiti, "BD20, from massive dead heads of Porites" = Bora Bora). - Miya, 1972: 51, pl. 8 (Syn.). - Bruce, 1976a: 48 (Coral host, genus Stylophora). - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 629, tab. 5 (Moorea, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora). - Odinetz, 1983: 205 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora). - Chace, 1988: 77 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 24 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 279 (References, distribution). - Moorea Biocode project. - Synalpheus charon (Det. A. Anker from photos) - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ17-R, bank off Motane, 35-40 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC191, LC192.

Depth distribution: 0 - 20 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/