Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus
| Alpheus karplusi aff. Anker, 2022 |
World Distribution
(Anker, 2022, Zootaxa) - Probable distribution of A. aff. karplusi, based on published photographs: Malaysia and Indonesia in Kuiter & Debelius (2009: 153); a blackand-white photograph of “A. rubromaculatus” from Malaysia (same photograph as in Kuiter & Debelius 2009) in Karplus & Thompson (2011: 591, fig. 4.4.10-C); two colour photographs of “A. rubromaculatus” from Malaysia (Mabul) and Indonesia (Bali) in Debelius (2001: 153); a colour photograph of “Alpheus sp. 5” in Minemizu (2013: 103); and several previously unpublished colour photographs from the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Marshall Islands and Mauritius (Fig. 5).
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with fishes
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-10 m
Réunion data
Alpheus sp. green-wine-red - Réunion, photo Diringer February 2009.
Alpheus rubromaculatus - Ribes-Beaudemoulin et al. 2002 : 72 (Réunion) - Poupin, 2008: 65; 2009: 121, Réunion (from Ribes-Beaudemoulin et al., 2002). - Pinault et al., 2015: fig. 1, Réunion, photo.
Alpheus aff. karplusi - Re-det A. Anker in 2025, via mail (from Alpheus sp. green-wine-red, Réunion, photo Diringer February 2009). See in Anker (2022, Zootaxa, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5105.3.5): p. 431 - A. aff. karplusi associates with different species of gobies and is allopatrically isolated from A. karplusi sp. nov. This widespread but as yet unnamed species, which is often incorrectly referred to as “A. rubromaculatus” (e.g. Debelius 2001; Pinault et al. 2015; marine aquarium trade), will be described when material becomes available for study.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database