Alpheus thomasi Hendrix and Gore, 1973

Anker, Sammy De Grave and Arthur, 2017, An annotated checklist of marine caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Malacostraca: Decapoda) of the Caribbean coast of Panama, Nauplius (e 2017015) 25, pp. 1-40 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14666555
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scientific name	Alpheus thomasi Hendrix and Gore, 1973
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Previous records. Knowlton and Weigt, 1998: 2258 [Caribbean Panama]; Williams et al., 2001: 377 [Caribbean Panama]; Anker et al., 2008c: 54 [Bocas del Toro; Isla Grande].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 1 spec., Isla Colón , Boca del Drago, 09°24.924’N 082°19.824’W, in rubble among sea grass, leg. S. De Grave, 10.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008-14-115; 2 spec., Isla Colón , between STRI station and Playa Bluff, sand and fossil coral terrace, in crevices and under rubble, 0.3–1 m, leg. A. Anker et al., 26.04.2015, MZUSP 33640 View Materials ; 1 spec., Isla Colón , Boca del Drago, in rubble crevices, 0.2 –1.5 m, leg. A. Anker et al., 01.05.2015, MZUSP 34040 View Materials .

Remarks. Widely distributed in the western Atlantic, from Florida southwards to Paraná, Brazil, including most of the Caribbean Sea and southern Gulf of Mexico ( Soledade and Almeida, 2013); occurs in a variety of mixed bottom habitats (reefs, lagoons, rocky and rocky-sandy shores etc.), 0– 2 m.