Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus simus Guérin-Méneville, 1855 [in Guérin-Méneville, 1855-1856]

2 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 1-9 m. Fla Keys, Yuc (Carib), Antil–Brazil

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-9 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles, ICA (St Martin, Antigua, St Lucia, Barbados), IOV (Los Roques, Curaçao). 1-9 m. WA.
Crangon rathbunae Schmitt, 1924a:74, Barbados.
Thunor rathbunae (Schmitt) - Chace, 1972: 104, Virgin Gorda, Antigua, St Lucia, Barbados - Crangon rathbunae Schmitt, 1924 is a synonym of A. simus.
Alpheus simus - Holthuis, 1980: 54, Curaçao. - Grajal & Laughlin, 1984: 224, Los Roques. - Rodríguez, 1986: tab. 2, Los Roques. - Anker, 2001: 231, Virgin Gorda, Antigua, St Lucia, Los Roques, Curaçao.
Alpheus simus - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 2012,field det. A. Anker, UF31987, photo dSTM_2486, 12/4/2012; UF31988, photo dSTM_2489, 12/4/2012; UF32350, photo dSTM_6431, 20/4/2012.

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