Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878

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 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
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Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 View in CoL

Previous records. Heck, 1977: 338 [around Galeta

Island]; Heck, 1979: 198 [Caribbean Panama]; Cubit and Williams, 1983: 24 [Galeta Point]; Knowlton and Weigt, 1998: 2258 [Caribbean Panama]; Williams et al., 2001: 377 [Caribbean Panama]; Bracken-Grissom and Felder, 2014: 453 [Bocas del Toro].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 1 spec., Isla Carenero , near Buccaneer, shallow sea grass beds, suction pump, 0.5–1 m, leg. A. Anker, 02.05.2007, OUMNH. ZC .2010-01-102; 1 spec., same location, leg. A. Anker et al., 14.11.2006, OUMNH. ZC .2010-01- 105; 1 spec., same collection data, OUMNH. ZC .2010- 01-103; 1 spec., same collection data, OUMNH. ZC .2010-01-104; 1 spec., same collection data, OUMNH. ZC .2010-01-006; 1 spec., same collection data, OUMNH. ZC .2010-01-123.

Remarks. Widely distributed in the tropical western Atlantic, from Florida southwards to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and throughout Caribbean Sea; in shallow sand flats or sea grass beds, extending down to about 55 m. Some records prior to the revision of the A. floridanus species complex ( Bracken-Grissom and Felder, 2014) may refer to closely related species, e.g. Alpheus roblesi Bracken-Grissom and Felder, 2014 or Alpheus platycheirus Boone, 1927 (see below).