Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Synalpheus

Synalpheus rathbunae Coutière, 1909

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World Distribution
Anker et al. (2012: 65, Zootaxa) - Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea: St. Thomas, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Panama; possibly also in Mexico and Florida

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 10-55 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles ICA (St Martin, Barbuda, Saba, Guadeloupe, Grenada). 10-55 m. WA.
Synalpheus rathbunae Coutière, 1909: 84, St Thomas [R/V Fish Hawk, st. 6079]. - Schmitt, 1935: 151, St Thomas [also Vieques]. - Monod: 1939: 557, Guadeloupe [12 spp. Basse-Terre, drague, 15-20 m, 27/02/1936]. - Chace, 1972: 103, St Thomas, Virgin Gorda, Barbuda, Saba, Grenada (Carriacou). - Felder et al., 2009: 1052, Lesser Antilles. - Anker et al., 2012: 64, St. Martin [Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 18/04/2012, UF32267, photo dSTM_6167; UF32268, photo dSTM_6170; UF32269, photo dSTM_6174, as: 1 colony member = male-looking individual, FLMNH UF 32267, Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin, 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-1130*]; 1 colony member = male-looking individual, FLMNH UF 32269, same collection data [fcn BSTM-1132*]; 1 colony member = male-looking individual, FLMNH UF 32268, same collection data [fcn BSTM-1131*]; 7 colony members = male-looking individuals, OUMNH.ZC.2012-07-112, same collection data [fcn BSTM-1133]].

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