Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Synalpheus

Synalpheus antillensis Coutière, 1909

2 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Anker et al. (2012: 16, Zootaxa) - Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico: off Texas [Flower Garden Banks]; Caribbean Sea: Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula [Mahaual], Honduras [Utila], US Virgin Islands [St. Thomas], Panama [Isla Grande, Bocas del Toro], Dominican Republic [Bayahibe], Venezuela [Isla Margarita, Los Roques Archipelago], St. Martin, Trinidad & Tobago; Brazil: Ceará, Atol das Rocas, Alagoas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-42 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Virgin Islands (St Thomas), ICA (St Martin, Trinidad, Tobago), IOV (Los Roques). 1-42 m (from Anker et al., 2016). WA.
Synalpheus minus antillensis Coutière, 1909: 46, St Thomas [also Porto Rico; R/V Fish Hawk st. 6079]. - Schmitt, 1935: 149, St Thomas. - Chace, 1956: 148, Los Roques.
Synalpheus antillensis - Anker et al., 2012: 16, St. Martin [1 male, FLMNH UF 32399, Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin, sta. 54, Baie de l'Embouchure, Îlet de L'embouchure, in crevices of coral rubble and coralline algae, 0.5–1 m, coll. J.F. Maréchal, A. Anker, 22.04.2012]. - Hultgren et al. , 2014, Trinidad & Tobago.
Synalpheus antillensis - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 22/04/2012, UF32399, photo dSTM_6919, det. A. Anker.

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