Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Prionalpheus

Prionalpheus brachytomeus A.H. Banner & D.M. Banner, 1971

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World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 269) - Society Islands and Fiji. - Anker (2010: 32, Zootaxa) - Previously known only from Tahiti and Fiji (Banner & Banner 1960b, 1971); herewith reported for the first time from Moorea

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-3 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Prionalpheus sp. A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1960: 296, fig. 2 (Arue, Tahiti). - Prionalpheus brachytomeus - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 269 (Reference, distribution). - Prionalpheus cf. brachytomeus - Anker, 2010: 32, Zootaxa, French Polynesia, Society Islands. 1 specimen, possibly male (CL 2.55 mm), FLMNH UF Arthropoda 16447, Moorea, Gump station – CRIOBE station road, 200 m from Sheraton Hotel, lagoon, near-shore, silt-covered fringing reef, under rocks and rubble and within crevices in dead corals, depth: 0.5–2 m, coll. A. Anker, 16.XI.2008 [fcn BMOO-5492]; (Moorea Biocode project).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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