Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Synalpheus

Synalpheus dominicensis Armstrong, 1949



World Distribution
Anker et al. (2012: 39, Zootaxa) - Western Atlantic: Bahamas [Damas and Anguilla Cays, Cay Sal Bank]; Caribbean Sea: Dominican Republic [Barahona], Cuba [Batabanó Gulf], Belize [Carrie Bow Cay], Jamaica [Discovery Bay], Aruba, Curaçao, Panama [Isla Grande], St. Martin, Barbados.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-14 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Lesser Antilles, ICA (St Martin, Guadeloupe, Barbados), IOV (Aruba, Curaçao). 1-14 m. WA.
Synalpheus dominicensis - Anker et al., 2012: 38, St Martin, Barbados [Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 2012, 18/04/2012, UF32274, photo dSTM_6140, as: 1 ov. female, FLMNH UF 32478, Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin, sta. 60, Pinel Island, 1–3 m, coral rubble, coll. G. Paulay et al., 24.04.2012 [fcn BSTM-1685*]; 1 female, FLMNH UF 32274, Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin, sta. 40, sta. 40, Circus dive site off Tintamarre Island, coral reef, under large coral debris on silt-sand bottom, 13–17 m, in unidentified sponge [host fcn BSTM-1175], coll. G. Paulay et al., 19.04.2012 [fcn BSTM-1139*]; 1 ov. female, OUMNH.ZC.2012-07-035, Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin, sta. 62, Caye Verte, coral rubble, 3–5 m, coll. A. Anker, J.F. Maréchal, 25.04.2012 [fcn 12-001]; 1 male, OUMNH.ZC 2012-07-036, Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin, sta. 56, Chicot, windward side of Tintamarre Island, coral rubble, 13–17 m, coll. A. Anker, J.F. Maréchal, 23.04.2012 [fcn 12-002*]. Also: Barbados: 1 male, USNM 1187905, Brandon’s Beach, coral rubble, 1–5 m, coll. K. Hultgren, 20.10.2008 [fcn BR08-5712-2], Aruba, Curaçao.
Synalpheus dominicensis - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. A. Anker, MNHN-IU-2013-12171, st. GB02, 11 m; MNHN-IU-2013-12168, st. GB12, 14 m; MNHN-IU-2013-12178, st. GS19, 8 m; MNHN-IU-2013-12127, st. GS27, 5 m.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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