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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus roblesi Bracken-Grissom & Felder, 2014

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World Distribution
Bracken-Grissom & Felder (2014: 465, Zootaxa) - Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida, southern and southwestern Gulf of Mexico and eastern Caribbean Sea (Antigua, Guadeloupe); Eastern Atlantic: Gabon, Africa. 0.5-42 m

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

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

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Lesser Antilles, ICA (Antigua, Guadeloupe). 0-42 m. ATL.
Alpheus floridanus - Chace, 1972: 65, fig. 17-20, part, Antigua, not A. floridanus, cf. Bracken-Grissom & Felder (2014).
Alpheus roblesi Bracken-Grissom & Felder, 2014: 460, Antigua [1 male, USNM 135953, Antigua, English Harbor, Tank Bay, Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition, stn. 74–56, 3 April 1956; 1 ovig.female, USNM 135954, Antigua, English Harbor, Freemans Bay, Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition, stn. 79–58, seagrass patch, 19 April 1958; 1 male, MNHN-IU-2013-12176, Guadeloupe, 16°22.57’N, 61°31.74’W, stn. GS19, Expedition: Karubenthos 2012, bouée PCA, 8 m, 15 May 2012; 1 female, MNHN-IU-2013-12174, Guadeloupe, 16°08.07’N, 6146.71’W, stn. GS12, Expedition: Karubenthos 2012, Baie de Bouillante, 6 m, 10 May 2012; 1 female (MNHN-IU-2013-16134), Guadeloupe, 16°27.34’N, 61°32.07’W, stn. GS20, Expedition: Karubenthos 2012, entrée Grotte aux Barracudas (Port-Louis), 19 m, 16 May 2012].
? Alpheus sp. floridanus complex - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, pre-det. A. Anker MNHN 2014: MNHN-IU-2013-12076, st. GB19, 11 m, JL987; MNHN-IU-2013-12136, st. GM06, 1 m, JL1062; MNHN-IU-2013-16018, st. GM10, 1 m, JL556.
Comment: This is a species of the Alpheus floridanus species complex revised by Bracken-Grisson & Felder (2014), including four species in WA, A. floridanus, A. platycheirus, A. roblesi and A. ulalae.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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