Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852

Dehghani, Amir, Sari, Alireza & Naderloo, Reza, 2019, Annotated checklist of the snapping shrimps of the genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran, Zootaxa 4544 (4), pp. 479-504 : 490

Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852

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Alpheus parvi-rostris Dana, 1852a: 22 ; Dana, 1852b: 551.

Alpheus lineifer Miers, 1875: 343 .

Alpheus euchiroides Nobili, 1906: 257 .

Alpheus braschi Boone, 1935: 131 .

Alpheus parvirostris — De Man, 1911: 432; Johnson, 1962: 54;

Banner & Banner, 1966a: 149; Johnson, 1979: 40; Banner & Banner, 1978: 228; Liu & Lan, 1980: 106; Banner & Banner, 1982: 185; Chace, 1988: 47; Anker & De Grave, 2016: 362.

Material examined. PG: 2 males, 5 ovig. females ( ZUTC 6697 ), Abu-Musa I., sandy/boulder shores, Coll. R. Naderloo and A. Dehghani, 10 Oct. 2017 ; 1 male, 1 female ( SMF 51385, Abu-Musa I., sandy/boulder shores, Coll. R. Naderloo & A. Dehghani, 10 Oct. 2017; GO: 5 males, 4 ovig. females ( ZUTC 6698 ), Chabahar Bay , Tis, in large rocks and coral rubble, Coll. A. Dehghani, 2 Oct. 2016.

Distribution. Indo-West Pacific: from South Africa, Red Sea and PG, GO to Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Samoa, Cook Islands, and French Polynesia.

Regional records. PG: Iran ( Banner & Banner 1981, present study); GO: Iran (present study).

Habitat. Coral reefs and adjacent rubble habitats, also on mixed rock-sand and sand-rubble bottoms, typically in crevices of dead coral heads, among clumps of calcareous algae, also under algae-covered boulders, rarely found in sponges and living corals such as: Galaxea sp., Pocillopora sp., Acropora sp., Tubipora sp.

Remark. The present material was collected intertidally and only in dead corals. Anker & De Grave (2016) mentioned that this species is syntopic with its closely related species A. bannerorum Bruce, 1987 , while the current study data recorded this species as syntopic with A. gracilis .

Figures

FIGURE 6. Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852. A. Male with elongated minor chela (CL. 7.6 mm); B. Pale colored male (CL. 8 mm); C. Brown male (CL. 7.9 mm), Tis, Chabahar Bay. Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852. D. Female (CL. 7.1 mm), Abu-Musa Island. Alpheus aff. paracrinitus Miers, 1881. E. Male (CL. 6 mm), Tis, Chabahar Bay. Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897, F. Male (CL. 8.9 mm), Hormuz Island.