Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheus

Alpheus pouang Christoffersen, 1979

3 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
(Sasaki, 2022) - Brazil (Pará, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul),
Uruguay; Argentine Sea. 46-250 m. Also (det. In collection A. Anker) French Guiana, 47 m; Guadeloupe 258 m

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 46-258 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe). 258 m. ICA (Guadeloupe). 46-258 m. WA
Alpheus aff. exilis W. Kim & Abele, 1988 - Poupin, 2018: 118, fig 103, Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, pre-det. A. Anker MNHN 2014, st. GN20, 258 m, JL811, MNHN-IU-2013-12128.
Alpheus pouang - same MNHN-IU-2013-12128, re-det. A. Anker, at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2013-12128

Comment: Alpheus exilis W. Kim & Abele, 1988 is an EP species. Color pattern of A. pouang illustrated in color from Guadeloupe, for the first time.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Alpheus pouang – MNHN, Collections of Guyane 2014, French Guiana [R/V Hermano Gines: st. CP4344, 47 m, MNHN-IU-2016-911, id. not indicated, probably A. Anker]. — GBIF 2023, French Guiana [same MNHN dataset].
Distribution/Habitat – WA (French Guiana as northern limit); Marine; 46–250 m.
Remark – This species is from Brazil (Pará, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay. Its geographic extension is extended to WA North with specimens in MNHN collections (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, det. A. Anker).

Comment(s) on data
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2016-911
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2013-12128

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database