Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Synalpheus

Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909

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World Distribution
Anker et al. (2012: 44, Zootaxa) - Western and Central Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida; Gulf of Mexico: Florida to Texas and Mexico; Bermuda; Bahamas; Caribbean Sea: e.g., Yucatan, Honduras, Belize, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, St. Martin, Barbados; Brazil: Ceará to Santa Catarina, Atol das Rocas and Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo (St. Paul’s Rocks); Saint-Helena and Ascension Islands.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-51 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (Tortola, Guana Is., Virgin Gorda, St John, St Thomas), Lesser Antilles, ICA (Anguilla, St Martin, Barbuda, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, Barbados, St Vincent, Grenada, Tobago), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). 1-51 m. WA.
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909: 35, St Thomas [R/V Albatross]. - Schmitt, 1924b: 66, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Schmitt, 1935: 148, St Thomas, Barbados. - Schmitt, 1936: 369, Bonaire, Aruba [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Chace, 1956: 147, Los Roques. - Chace, 1972: 92, Tortola, Guana Is., Virgin Gorda, Anguilla, Barbuda, Antigua, Guadeloupe, St Lucia, St Vincent (Tobago Cays), Grenada (Carriacou), Tobago. - Carvacho, 1979: 462, Guadeloupe, Martinique [in red sponges between mangrove tree roots; Martinique in distribution]. - Rodríguez, 1980: 15, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba [from litterature]. - Carvacho, 1982: 19, Martinique. - Grajal & Laughlin, 1984: 224, Los Roques. - Rodríguez, 1986: tab. 2, Los Roques. - Anker, 2001: 282, St John, St Thomas, Dominica, Barbados, Los Roques, Bonaire , Curaçao, Aruba [From lit.]. - Tagliafico et al., 2005: tab. 1, Margarita (Los Frailes). - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua. - Anker et al., 2012: 43, St Martin [Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 2012, UF32348, photo dSTM_6414, 19/4/2012; UF32379, photo dSTM_6780, 20/4/2012; UF32513, photo dSTM_7326, 24/4/2012, as: 1 male, FLMNH UF 32379, Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin, sta. 50, Plage du Galion, under seagrass mats, less than 2 m, coll. A. Anker, J.F. Maréchal, 22.04.2012 [fcn BSTM-1397*]; 1 female, FLMNH UF 32348, Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin, sta. 47, Grande Caye, 0–3 m, coll. J.F. Maréchal et al., 20.04.2012 [fcn BSTM-1310*]; 1 ov. female, FLMNH UF 32513, Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin, sta. 62, Caye Verte, coral rubble, 3–5 m, coll. G. Paulay et al., 25.04.2012 [fcn BSTM-1725*]].
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri elongatus - Schmitt, 1924a:79, Barbados.
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. A. Anker, MNHN-IU-2013-12139, st. GD71, 3 m, JL1525; MNHN-IU-2013-12129, st. GM06, 1 m, JL280; MNHN-IU-2013-16067, st. GM11, 1 m.

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