Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850

6 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Chace (1972: 67) - North Carolina, Bermudas to Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil, to 42 m.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-42 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St John, Tortola, Guana, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles, ICA (St Martin, Anguilla, Barbuda, St Kitts, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada, Tobago, Barbados), IOV (Coche, Margarita, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). 0-42 m. WA.
Crangon formosus - Schmitt, 1924b: 65, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Schmitt, 1924a:73, Barbados. - Schmitt, 1935: 144, St John. - Schmitt, 1936: 368, Curaçao, Aruba [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930].
Alpheus formosus - Chace, 1956: 146, Los Roques. - Chace, 1972: 67, Tortola, Guana, Virgin Gorda, Anguilla, Barbuda, St Kitts, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent (Tobago Cas), Grenada (Carriacou), Tobago). - Rodríguez, 1980: 146, Coche, Margarita. - Carvacho, 1982: 18, Martinique. - Rodríguez, 1986: tab. 2, Los Roques. - Hernández et al, 1999: tab. 1, Margarita [Laguna de Las Marites]. - Anker, 2001: 193, Guadeloupe, new record, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba. - Carré, 2005: 23, Martinique. - Vera-Caripe et al., 2013: 12, Coche.
Alpheus formosus - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 2012, field det. A. Anker, UF32049, photo Dstm_4956, 13/4/2012; UF32087, photo Dstm_5177, 14/4/2012. - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. A. Anker MNHN 2014, MNHN-IU-2013-12001, st. GR30, 18 m, JL934; MNHN-IU-2013-12012, st. GM34, 1 m, JL1421; MNHN-IU-2013-12032, st. GM06, 1 m, JL296.

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