Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Synalpheus

Synalpheus brooksi Coutière, 1909



World Distribution
Anker et al. (2012: 27, Zootaxa) - Western Atlantic: Florida; Bahamas; throughout Caribbean Sea (e.g., Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands, Panama, Yucatan etc.); Gulf of Mexico; Suriname; Brazil: Amapá to Bahia. 0.5-73 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-73 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas), Lesser Antilles, ICA (Antigua, St Vincent, Barbuda), IOV (Bonaire, Curaçao). 1-73 m. WA.
Synalpheus brooksi Coutière, 1909: 69, St Thomas [R/V Fish Hawk, st. 6079], Curaçao [p. 71]. - Schmitt, 1935: 148, Vieques, St Thomas. - Chace, 1972: 92, Antigua, St Vincent (Tobago Cays), Barbuda. - Rodríguez, 1980: 159, Curaçao [from Coutière (1909)]. - Westinga & Hoetjes, 1981: 142, tab. 2, Bonaire, Curaçao [Associated with sponges]. - Anker et al., 2012: 27, VGI, Bonaire, Curaçao [in distribution & Ecology].

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Synalpheus brooksi – Holthuis, 1959a: 104, Suriname. — Fausto Filho & Sampaio Neto, 1976: 67, Brazil Amapá [With a ?]. — Christoffersen, 1998: 361, Brazil Amapá. — Coelho et al., 2006: tab. 3, Brazil Amapá. — Anker et al., 2012: 26, Guyana [Zootaxa: Guyana: 3 male-looking individuals, NHM 1958: 11-12-8-9, 07°47’ N, 57°32’ W, 33–35 fathoms (60–64 m), in unknown sponge, coll. McCormick 24.04.1938; also Suriname, Brazil Amapá in distribution].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine (associated with sponges); 0.5–73 m.

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