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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861

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World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 197) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E and possibly S Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mascarenes, Maldives, Chagos Islands, Thailand, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, New Birtain, Australia, Tonga, Samoa, Line Islands, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Hawaii.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Réunion data
Alpheus gracilis simplex - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Alpheus gracilis - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 32 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, synonymie).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Alpheus gracilis simplex - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 268 ("BD18, from consolidated reef flat made of massive heads of Porites sp." = Bora Bora, "BD30, from various heads of coral" = Tahiti). - Alpheus gracilis - Miya, 1984: 94 (With dead corals). - Chace, 1988: 30 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 19 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 197 (References, distribution). - Moorea Biocode project (with 'complex')

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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