Alpheus nuttingi (Schmitt, 1924)

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 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14666537
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887A4-FF9C-FF92-2974-FF242AC40E08
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Alpheus nuttingi (Schmitt, 1924)
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Alpheus nuttingi (Schmitt, 1924) View in CoL

Previous records. Birkeland et al., 1976: 136 [Galeta reef]; Cubit and Williams, 1983: 24 [Galeta Point]; Knowlton and Mills, 1992: 2 [Caribbean Panama]; Knowlton et al., 1993: 1630 [Caribbean Panama]; Knowlton and Weigt, 1998: 2258[Caribbean Panama]; Williams et al., 2001: 377 [Caribbean Panama]; Anker et al., 2007b: 44 [Bocas del Toro; Colón]; Hurt et al., 2009: 516 [Caribbean Panama].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 2 spec., Isla Colón, between STRI and Playa Bluff, sand flat with rubble, 0.3–1 m, leg. A. Anker et al., 26.04.2015, MZUSP 34036 View Materials . Isla Grande. 1 spec., western point, leg. A. Anker et al., 23.04.2006, OUMNH. ZC .2010- 01-020. Portobelo. 2 spec., coral rubble, leg. A. Anker and A. Baeza, 04.08.2007, OUMNH. ZC .2009-18-044.

Remarks. Common western Atlantic species, widely distributed from Florida southwards to Santa Catarina, Brazil, including much of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico ( Soledade and Almeida, 2013); typically on sandy bottoms under rocks and rubble or in crevices of dead corals, 0– 5 m.