Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Synalpheus
| Synalpheus sanctithomae Coutière, 1909 |
World Distribution
Anker et al. (2012: 66, Zootaxa) - Western Atlantic: Florida [Florida Keys]; Caribbean Sea: St. Thomas, Curaçao, Venezuela [Los Roques], Honduras [Utila]; Brazil: Pernambuco, Bahia, Atol das Rocas
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-105 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas), Lesser Antilles, ICA (Barbados, Martinique), IOV (Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao). 1-20 m, to 105 m (in Anker et al., 2016). WA.
Synalpheus sanctithomae Coutière, 1909: 61, St Thomas [R/V Fish Hawk, st. 6079, 6080]. - Schmitt, 1935: 151, St Thomas. - Chace, 1972: 104, St Thomas. - Westinga & Hoetjes, 1981: 142, tab. 2, Bonaire, Curaçao [Associated with sponges]. - Rodríguez, 1986: tab. 2, Los Roques. - Hultgren et al., 2010: 251, Curaçao. Hultgren et al., 2011: 13, Barbados. - Anker et al., 2012: 66, St Thomas, Curaçao, Los Roques [in distribution].
Synalpheus sanctithomae — Ashrafi & Hultgren, 2022, (Invertebrate Systematics): 415, Madibenthos, Martinique, 1 male, MNHN-IU-2016-7319, Martinique, sta. AD-283, 14°39.3'N, 61°09.6'W, 37–40 m, 01.x.2016; 1 male, MNHN-IU-2014- 1250, same data as for preceding; 1 male, MNHN-IU-2019-3153, sta. AB-392, 14°35'N, 61°04.6'W, 13 m, 07.x.2016; 1 male. MNHN-IU-2016- 4247, sta. AD-214, 14°27'N, 61°04.1'W, 70 m, 09.ix.2016.
Synalpheus aff. sanctithomae — Ashrafi & Hultgren, 2022, (Invertebrate Systematics): 415, Madibenthos, Martinique, 1 female (CL 4.5 mm), MNHN-IU-2016-1847, sta. AD-260, 14°55.1'N, 61°08.9'W, 78 m, 22.ix.2016 [this single female specimen from Martinique might be a new species based on both morphological and molecular characters. However, as only one specimen is available, we prefer to postpone describing a new species until more specimens are available].
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database