Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852

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World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 234) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E and SE Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, mascarenes, Maldives, Chagos Islands, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, thailand, Vietnam, South China Sea (new record: Hong Kong), Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Micronesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, Tonga, French Polynesia, Hawaii, ?Galapagos. Includes Comoros, Europa.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-5 m

Mayotte data
Alpheus strenuus - Fourmanoir, 1955 : 19 (Comores, Mayotte, île de Bandéli, 0,8 m).

Europa data
Alpheus strenuus - Lenz, 1910 : 568 (Europa). - Fourmanoir, 1952 : 176 (Europa).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Alpheus strenuus - Ortmann, 1890: 475 (Tahiti) - Nobili, 1907: 356 (Hao). - Sendler, 1923: 46 (Makatea). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1966a: 181 (Syn.); 1967: 284 ("BD12, mud and sand flats, most specimens under rocks" = Bora Bora; Moorea). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Chace, 1988 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 22 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 234 (References, distribution, ecology). - Moorea Biocode project (with 'complex'). - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 237, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti), also A. cf. strenuus.

Comment(s) on data
Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora); commensal with annelids of the genus Eurythoe

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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