Alpheus rostratus (lat.) - type of shrimp from the family Alpheidae [1] .
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Area
Eastern Pacific (from Costa Rica and Mexico to the Galapagos Islands). Occur at depths ranging from 0 (tidal zone of rocky coasts and corals) to 5.5 m [2] [3] .
Description
Small crustaceans, body length up to 18 mm. The main color is whitish with brownish transverse marks on the body. Free-living view. The taxon A. rostratus belongs to the species group Diadema species group within the genus Alpheus and is morphologically similar to the species Alpheus paracrinitus , from which it differs by a longer rostrum [2] [3] [1] .
The species was first described in 1988 by American zoologists Von Kim and Laurens Abel (Kim W., Abele LG, Department of Biological Science, University of Florida , Tallahassee , Florida , USA ) [1] , in 2001 molecular genetic studies were carried out [4 ] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kim, Won. & Lawrence G. Abele. The snapping shrimp genus Alpheus from the Eastern Pacific (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) (Eng.) // Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology: Journal. - 1988. - Vol. 454. - P. 1-119.
- ↑ 1 2 Alphed Shrimp Database: Alpheus rostratus Kim and Abele, 1988 (English) . Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The appeal date is March 25, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Knowlton, N., Anker A., & Jara J. Crustaceans Alpheus rostratus Kim and Abele, 1988 (eng.) . lifedesks.org (2008). The appeal date is March 25, 2014.
- ↑ Williams, ST, Knowlton N., Weigt LA, JA and Jara JA shrimp genus Alpheus inferred gene movement data (Mo.), Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution: Journal. - 2001. - Vol. 20. - P. 375-389.
Literature
- Anker, A., Hurt C., & Knowlton N. Three transisthmian snapping shrimps (Crustacea: decapoda: alpheidae: Alpheus) associated with innkeeper worms (Echiura: Thalassematidae) in Panama (English) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2007. - Vol. 1626. - P. 1-23. - ISSN 1175-5326 .
- Anker, A. Revision of the western Atlantic H. Milne Edwards members of the Alpheus armillatus, 1837 species complex (Decapoda, Alpheidae), with description of the seven new species (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2012. - Vol. 3386. - P. 1-109. - ISSN 1175-5326 .
Links
- Alpheus (English) . lifedesks.org. The appeal date is March 25, 2014.
- Alpheus . Snapping Shrimps (eng.) . eol.org. The appeal date is March 25, 2014.
- Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 (English) . biolib.cz. The appeal date is March 25, 2014.
- taxon Alpheus Fabricius, 1798. ] (English) . WoRMS taxon details . World Register of Marine Species. The appeal date is March 25, 2014.
- Alphed Shrimp Database: Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 (English) . Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute .. Appeal date March 25, 2014.