Alpheus (crustacean)

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Alpheus
Alpheus distinguendus.jpg
Alpheus digitalis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Alpheidae
Genus: Alpheus
Fabricius, 1798
Type species
Alpheus avarus[1]
Fabricius, 1798
Species

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Alpheus is a genus of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae. This genus contains in excess of 291 species,[1] making this the most species-rich genus of shrimp.[2] Like other snapping shrimp, the claws of Alpheus are asymmetrical, with one of the claws enlarged for making a popping noise.[3] Some species in the genus enter into symbiotic relationships with gobiid fishes,[4] and others associate with sea anemones.[5] It's also the noisiest of all sea creatures and can immobilize small fish with its high pitched frequency.

Species

The following species are included:[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Kim, Won; Abele, Lawrence G. (1988). The snapping shrimp genus Alpheus from the eastern Pacific (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Vol. 454. pp. 1–119. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.454. hdl:10088/5122.
  2. ^ N. Knowlton & D. K. Mills (1992). "The systematic importance of color and color pattern: evidences for complexes of sibling species of snapping shrimp (Caridea: Alpheidae: Alpheus) from the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Panama". Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 18: 1–5.
  3. ^ Labrador Park
  4. ^ Raymond T. Bauer (2004). "Symbiosis". Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans. Animal Natural History Series. Vol. 7. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 179–203. ISBN 9780806135557.
  5. ^ Pérez-Botello, Antar Mijail; Mascaró, Maite & Simões, Nuno (2021). "The importance of home cleaning: sediment transport by alpheid shrimps provides a competitive advantage to their host anemones". Frontiers in Marine Science. 8 (May): 1–14. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.677024.
  6. ^ Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2010). "Alpheus Fabricius, J.C., 1798". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 12, 2010.

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