Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900


World Distribution
Anker et al. (2008: 543, J. Biol. Assoc. UK) - Alpheus cristulifrons sensu stricto is restricted to the western Atlantic, ranging from Florida and the Caribbean Sea to southern Brazil. 0-15 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-15 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (Guana, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles, ICA (St Martin, Barbuda, St Kitts, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Grenada,, Barbados, Tobago), IOV (Cubagua, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). 0-15 m. WA
Crangon cristulifrons - Schmitt, 1924b: 65, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Schmitt, 1924a:73, Barbados. - Schmitt, 1935: 143, Barbados, Curaçao. - Schmitt, 1936: 368, Bonaire, Klein Bonaire, Aruba [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930].
Alpheus cristulifrons - Chace, 1956: 146, Los Roques. - Chace, 1972: 64, Guana, Virgin Gorda, Barbuda, St Kitts, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Grenada (Carriacou), Tobago). - Rodríguez, 1980: 144, Los Roques. - Carvacho, 1982: 18, Martinique. - Grajal & Laughlin, 1984: 224, Los Roques. - Rodríguez, 1986, tab. 2, Los Roques. - Anker, 2001: 181, Bonaire, Klein Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba. - Tagliafico et al., 2005: tab. 1, Margarita (Los Frailes). - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua. - Anker et al., 2008: 552, Guana, Virgin Gorda, Barbuda, St Kitts, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Grenada, Grenadines, Tobago, Bonaire, Klein Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba.
Alpheus cristulifrons - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 2012, field det A. Anker, UF31966, photo dSTM_2356, 11/4/2012; UF32212, photo dSTM_5811, 17/4/2012. - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. A. Anker MNHN 2014, MNHN-IU-2013-12051, st. GB09, 6 m, JL564; MNHN-IU-2013-12120, st. GB26, 29 m, JL1270; MNHN-IU-2013-12192, st. GM12, 3 m, JL655, rotten specimen photo mislabeled as JL654; MNHN-IU-2013-12069, st. GS12, 6 m, JL593.

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