Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Alpheopsis

Alpheopsis aequalis Coutière, 1896



World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 161) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Oman, E Africa, Madagascar, Macarenes, Seychelles, Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, S Japan, Taiwan (new record, possibly A. consobrinus), Australia (new local record: Cartier Reef, Timor Sea), Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Micronesia, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Easter Island.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-60 m

Réunion data
Alpheopsis equalis - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 11 (Réunion, platier récifal à 150 m), 148 (1 sp. 50-70 m).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Alpheopsis equalis. - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458, tab. 4 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m; det. D. Banner). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Alpheopsis equalis - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 262 ("BD3-4, BD6, BD30" = Tahiti, "BD9, BD13-14, BD18" = Bora Bora); 1983: 11 ("collected from reef flat to 150m"). - Poupin, 1998: 17 (Checklist). - Alpheopsis aequalis - Anker, 2001 (fasc. 2, p. 161; references, distribution). - Leray, 2012: 200, Thesis, Table D1, Moorea. - Alpheopsis cf. consobrinus - Anker et al., 2016: 11, French Polynesia, 1 ovig. female, OUMNH.ZC. 2016.02.010, Society Islands, Moorea lagoon, in living coral colony (Pocillopora sp.), coll. M. Leray, viii.2010 (fcn 1808-B7-2F1-003); 1 male, OUMNH.ZC. 2016.02.011, Society Islands, Moorea, Temae, close to public beach, under dead corals and rubble, coll. A. Anker, 07.xi.2009 [Alpheopsis consobrinus de Man, 1910 accepted as A. aequalis in WoRMS (2017)].

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