ALPHEOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 57

SUPERFAMILY ALPHEOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815

Having chelae on pereopod 1 and a multi-articulate carpus of pereopod 2 characterize this diverse superfamily. Until recently, members of the families Lysmatidae , Thoridae and Hippolytidae were grouped into a single family, the Hippolytidae . Christoffersen (1988a), using a morphological cladistic approach, split the family but assigned the Lysmatidae to the superfamily Crangonoidea and the other families to the Alpheoidea , a classification followed here. The Lysmatidae , however, is considered to belong to the Alpheoidea based on the shape of the chelae of pereopod 1. Chace (1992) removed the family Processidae from the Alpheoidea and assigned it to its own superfamily, the Processoidea , based on the structure of the first maxilliped and features of the chelae and rostrum.

Chace (1997) provided keys to genera of the Hippolytidae (in the broad sense) and Processidae , and a list of species of hippolytoids known at that time. The emphasis was on Indo-West Pacific species, especially those taken by the Albatross Philippine Expedition. For most species, only the type locality was provided. Chace seems to have based his list of the work of Holthuis (1947) with the addition of some more recently described species.