Synalpheus chacei Duffy, 1998

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 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
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scientific name	Synalpheus chacei Duffy, 1998
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Synalpheus chacei Duffy, 1998 View in CoL

Previous records. Duffy, 1992: 131 [San Blas Islands, as S. bousfieldi Chace, 1972 ]; Duffy, 1998: 389 [San Blas Islands]; Ríos and Duffy, 2007: 43 [Caribbean Panama, as Zuzalpheus chacei ]; Hernáez et al., 2010: 694 [Bocas del Toro]; Anker et al., 2012: 33 [Bocas del Toro].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. many spec., Isla Colón , west of Punta Caracol, 09°22.410’N 082°17.887’W, from Xestospongia rosariensis , leg. B. Martínez-Guerrero, 13.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008- 14-124.

Remarks. Presently known only from Belize, Panama and the British Virgin Islands ( Anker et al., 2012); lives in eusocial groups of up to 80 individuals (queen, king(s), and numerous colony members) in a variety of sponges, 2– 20 m.