Biology:Alpheus malleator
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Short description: Species of shrimp
| Alpheus malleator | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Alpheidae |
| Genus: | Alpheus |
| Species: | A. malleator
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| Binomial name | |
| Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852
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Alpheus malleator, the hammerclaw snapping shrimp or bumpy-clawed snapping shrimp, is a species of marine snapping shrimp.[1][2][3] It is considered the most distinctive species in the genus Alpheus due to intricate morphological features.[3]
Distribution
Alpheus malleator is found along the western Central American coast, including Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, and in the east and the west of the Atlantic Ocean.[1] The type locality is believed to be in Rio de Janeiro.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alpheus malleator" (in en-gb). https://www.darwinfoundation.org/en/datazone/checklist?species=8417.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240853#distributions.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Anker, Arthur; Pachelle, Paulo P.G. (2013). "Re-examination of the eastern Pacific and Atlantic material of Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852, with the description of Alpheus wonkimi sp. nov. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae)". Zootaxa 3637 (4): 412–431. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3637.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26046208. http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3637.4.2.
Wikidata ☰ Q4484901 entry
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