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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852

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World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 212) - NW Australia (new records: Cartier Islands and Exmouth, W Australia), Taiwan, Phiippines, Micronesia, French Polynesia.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

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

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Alpheus mitis - Nobili, 1907: 355 (Fakahina). - Sendler, 1923: 46 (Makatea). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1983: 55. - Poupin, 1998: 20 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 212 (References, distribution). - Remark: A.H. & D.M. Banner (1983: 55-57) write "There is a serious question in our minds about the separation of A. paracritinus and A. mitis Dana...Unfortunately we cannot reexamine the type specimens for that of DANA is missing...Therefore the question of the separation of the two species must at present be left unanswered..."; Anker (2001: 212) considers that the two species are valid, according to colour pattern.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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