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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus ovaliceps Coutière, 1905

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World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 215) - E Africa, Laccadives, Chagos Islands, Philippines, Australia (local new records: Cartier Reef, W Australia: Lady Elliott Island, SE Queensland), Micronesia, Tonga, Samoa, French Polynesia.

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

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

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Alpheus ovaliceps - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 275 ("BD3, from coral heads" = Tahiti, "BD8, from inner reef" = Bora Bora). - Chace, 1988: 44 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 21 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 215 (References, distribution).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database