Snapping Shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 7 years ago

ABSTRACT – Forty-seven species of alpheid shrimp were collected by the Dampier Archipelago Expedition in 1998-2002. Six species are reported for the first time from northwestern Australia. The majority of the positively identified species (18, or 40%,) range widely from the western Indian Ocean;) and Red Sea to the central Pacific Ocean. Seventeen species (38%) range from the western Indian Ocean into the western Pacific, six species (13%) range trom the eastern Indian Ocean into the western Pacific, and 4 species (9%) range into the eastern Pacific. Three species of commensal shrimp were collected from corals and crinoids. Two species are strictly intertidal, 11 are strictly subtidal and 32 range from the lowest intertidal zone to subtidal depths. The majority of the shrimp inhabit areas of rocks, coral, shell or rubble, but Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908 and A serenei Tiwari, 1963 typically live in sandy or muddy areas. We follow the systematic treatment of Chace (1988) and Banner and Banner (1973; 1975; 1982) 'for alpheids, but use a new subdivision, the "Alpheus armillatus" subdivision of the Alpheus edwardsii species group.

Author(s) Mary K. Wicksten and Matthew R. McClure
Volume
Supplement 73 : Crustaceans collected – marine biodiversity of the Dampier Archipelago 1998–2002
Article Published
2007
Page Number
61

DOI
10.18195/issn.0313-122x.73.2007.061-083