Alpheus bucephaloides Nobili, 1905

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 : 482-483

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5255770
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scientific name	Alpheus bucephaloides Nobili, 1905
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Alpheus bucephaloides Nobili, 1905 View in CoL

Alpheus bucephaloides Nobili, 1905: 238 View in CoL ; Tattersall, 1921: 379; Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1958: 23; Banner & Banner, 1981: 10.

Material examined. PG: 2 males, 3 ovig. females ( ZUTC 6722 ), Abu-Musa I., inside the sponges, Coll. R. Naderloo, 10 Oct. 2017 ; 1 male ( SMF 51377) same data as holotype; GO : 2 males, 2 ovig. females ( ZUTC 6723 ) Chabahar Bay , Tis, inside the sponges and among coral rubble, Coll. A. Dehghani and H. Ashrafi, 2 Oct. 2016 .

Distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: PG, GO and Red Sea.

Regional records. PG and GO: Iran (present study). Habitat. Living inside sponges attached to underneath of rocks. Remarks. This species was described by Nobili (1905) based on over 20 specimens collected from the Persian Gulf by J. Bonnier and Ch. Perez and who provided a short description with no drawings. Banner & Banner (1981) figured the lectotype of this species. The material of the current study agrees well with the original description and Banner & Banner’s (1981) illustrations.