Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus
| Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 |
World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 195) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E Africa, Comores, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Chagos Islands, Laccadives, S India, Andaman Sea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Vietnam, South China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Australia (new record: Hibernia Reef, W Australia), Loyalty Island, Samoa, French Polynesia.
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 195) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge et golfe d'Aden, Afrique orientale (Somalie, Kenya), Madagascar, Comores, Seychelles, Mascareignes (Réunion, Maurice), Chagos, Laccadives, sud Inde, Andaman, Indonésie, Australie, Philippines, Vietnam, Chine méridionale, Taiwan, Japon (Ryukyu), Loyautés, Micronésie, Salomon, Samoa, Polynésie française. Comprend Mayotte.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with algae
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-55 m
Mayotte data
Alpheus frontalis - Fourmanoir, 1955 : 21 (Mayotte, Bandéli ; protégées par 2 dans un fourreau constitué d'algues vertes). - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 30 (Comores pour les spécimens examinés).
Réunion data
Alpheus frontalis - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 30, 149 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, 55 m).
New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Chan TY & Mitsuhashi M, Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia, Vol II7: 295-299
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Alpheus frontalis. - Heller, 1865: 107 (Tahiti). - A.H. Banner, 1959: 141 ("Hamahomo" = Rairoa; in algal tube, under rocks). - Miya, 1974: 135, pl. 23, fig. d-g ("Could be found living in pairs in tubes which they made from filamentous blue-green or dark brown algae (Gen. Lyngbya). These tubes were found branching and penetrating between the fronds of dead corals ..."). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1983: 30 (Living in felted tubes of filamentous blue-green algae, genera Plectonema, Lyngbya, Microcoleus). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Moorea - locality not indicated clearly in the work but mentioned in MNHN catalogue; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Chace, 1988: 28 (Syn.; "Albatross specimens were found swimming at the surface under an electric light"). - Poupin, 1998: 19 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 194 (References, distribution).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database