Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Synalpheus

Synalpheus minus (Say, 1818)

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 1-85 m, Ber, NCar–GMx, Antil, Carib–Brazil

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-85 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (Tortola, Guana Is, Virgin Gorda, St Thomas), Lesser Antilles, ICA (Anguilla, Barbuda, St Kitts, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, Tobago), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire). 1-85 m. WA.
Alpheus minus Say - Sharp, 1893: 114, Martinique [Guérin collection, Museum Philadelphia; 'Guérin's type, A. sauleyi'].
Synalpheus minus - Schmitt, 1924a:80, Barbados. - Schmitt, 1936: 369, Bonaire [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Chace, 1956: 148, Los Roques. - Chace, 1972: 95, Tortola, Guana Is, Virgin Gorda, Anguilla, Barbuda, St Kitts (St Christopher), Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent (Tobago Cays), Grenada (Carriacou), Tobago. - Carvacho, 1979: 463, Guadeloupe. - Rodríguez, 1986: tab. 2, Los Roques. - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga. - Tagliafico et al., 2005: tab. 1, Margarita (Los Frailes). - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua.
Synalpheus minus - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. A. Anker, MNHN-IU-2013-12009, st. GD65, 20 m, JL1479.

Comment(s) on data
Chace (1972) tentatively placed Synalpheus brevicarpus in the synonymy of S. minus. Therefore some its records (Virgin Is. and Tobago) are in fact for S. brevicarpus (cf. Anker, 2001, Thesis).
Saint Martin, RNN Inventory, no UF, from Taxref = cela correspond en fait à Synalpheus antillensis (UF32399) (com. E. Vandel, Mach 2015)

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