Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860

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World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 216) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Maldives, Laccadives, Chagos Islands, South China Sea, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Micronesia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia (new local recods: Hibernia Reef; Cartier Reef, Timor Sea), New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Wake Island.
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 216) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, golfe d'Aden, Afrique orientale, Madagascar, Mascareignes, Seychelles, Maldives, Laccadives, Chagos, Chine méridionale, Taiwan, Japon, Ryukyu, Micronésie, Indonésie, Philippines, Australie, Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée, Salomon, Tonga, Samoa, Fidji, Kiribati, Cooks, Wake, Polynésie française. Comprend, Réunion, Maurice, Kenya, Somalie.

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

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

Réunion data
Alpheus pachychirus - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 54 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné), 149 (Réunion, basse-mer).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Alpheus pachychirus - De Man, 1890: 116, pl. 6, fig. 14 (Tahiti). - Ortmann, 1890: 489, pl. 26, fig. 17a-k (Tahiti). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 275 ("BD7, BD13, from various living and dead corals, BD14, BD15, from Pocillopora spp., BD20, from massive dead heads of Porites, BD26, from living and dead coral" = Bora Bora; Moorea). - Miya, 1974: 133, pl. 23, fig. a-c (Syn.). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Poupin, 1998: 21 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 216 (References, distribution) - Leray, 2012: 199, Thesis, fig. D2-B.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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