Decanet taxon details
Leptalpheus Williams, 1965
240695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240695)
accepted
Genus
Leptalpheus forceps Williams, 1965 (type by original designation)
- Species Leptalpheus ankeri Scioli, Robles & Felder, 2024
- Species Leptalpheus axianassae Dworschak & Coelho, 1999
- Species Leptalpheus azuero Anker, 2011
- Species Leptalpheus corderoae Salgado-Barrágan, Ayón-Parente & Hendrickx, 2014
- Species Leptalpheus degravei Scioli, Robles & Felder, 2024
- Species Leptalpheus denticulatus Anker & Marin, 2009
- Species Leptalpheus dworschaki Anker & Marin, 2009
- Species Leptalpheus felderi Anker, Vera Caripe & Lira, 2006
- Species Leptalpheus forceps Williams, 1965
- Species Leptalpheus hendrickxi Anker, 2011
- Species Leptalpheus lirai Vera Caripe, Pereda & Anker, 2021
- Species Leptalpheus marginalis Anker, 2011
- Species Leptalpheus melendezensis Salgado-Barragán, Ayón-Parente & Zamora-Tavares, 2017
- Species Leptalpheus mexicanus Ríos & Carvacho, 1983
- Species Leptalpheus pacificus Banner & Banner, 1975
- Species Leptalpheus penicillatus Anker, 2011
- Species Leptalpheus pereirai Anker & Vera Caripe, 2016
- Species Leptalpheus pierrenoeli Anker, 2008
- Species Leptalpheus sibo Scioli, Robles & Felder, 2024
- Species Leptalpheus bicristatus Anker, 2011 accepted as Leptalpheus mexicanus Ríos & Carvacho, 1983 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leptalpheus canterakintzi Anker & Lazarus, 2015 accepted as Leptalpheus azuero Anker, 2011 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leptalpheus petronii Ramos-Porto & de Souza, 1994 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Williams, A.B. (1965). A new genus and species of snapping shrimp (Decapoda, Alpheidae) from the southeastern United States. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 9: 192-198. [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Leptalpheus Williams, 1965. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240695 on 2025-09-12
Date
action
by
original description
Williams, A.B. (1965). A new genus and species of snapping shrimp (Decapoda, Alpheidae) from the southeastern United States. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 9: 192-198. [details] Available for editors
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality