Interesting Facts
Description
Family Alpheidae
Rostrum absent; eyes at least partly covered dorsally by the carapace.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
)
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
)
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
)
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
)
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
)
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
)
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
)
- Class:
Malacostraca
(
)
- Latreille, 1802
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
)
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
)
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Decapoda
(
)
- Latreille, 1802
- Decapods
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
)
- Burkenroad, 1963
- Infraorder:
Caridea
(
)
- Dana, 1852
- Caridean and Procaridean Shrimps
- Superfamily:
Alpheoidea
(
)
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Alpheidae
(
)
- Rafinesque, 1815
- snapping shrimps
- Genus:
Synalpheus
(
)
- Bate, 1888
- Specific name:
stimpsonii
- (de Man, 1888)
- Scientific name: - Synalpheus stimpsonii (de Man, 1888)
- Specific name:
stimpsonii
- (de Man, 1888)
- Genus:
Synalpheus
(
- Family:
Alpheidae
(
- Superfamily:
Alpheoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Caridea
(
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
- Order:
Decapoda
(
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Class:
Malacostraca
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Synalpheus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. biunguiculatus (Twoclaw Snapping Shrimp) · S. charon (Red-Coral Pistol Shrimp) · S. fritzmuelleri (Speckled Snapping Shrimp) · S. lockingtoni (Littoral Pistol Shrimp) · S. minus (Minor Snapping Shrimp) · S. pandionis (Turtlegrass Snapping Shrimp) · S. pectiniger (Loggerhead Snapping Shrimp) · S. stimpsoni (Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp) · S. townsendi (Townsend Snapping Shrimp)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6736024
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15585461
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2037491
