WoRMS taxon details
Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
240707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240707)
accepted
Species
Alpheus floridanus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Alpheus floridanus africanus Balss, 1916 accepted as Alpheus africanus Balss, 1916 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Alpheus floridanus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 accepted as Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Alpheus floridanus var. africana Balss, 1916 accepted as Alpheus africanus Balss, 1916 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kingsley, J.S. (1878). A synopsis of the North American species of the genus <i>Alpheus</i>. <em>Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey.</em> 4: 189-199. [details] 
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m)
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240707 on 2025-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Kingsley, J.S. (1878). A synopsis of the North American species of the genus <i>Alpheus</i>. <em>Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey.</em> 4: 189-199. [details]
basis of record Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
basis of record Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Markham, J. C.; McDermott, J. J. (1980). A tabulation of the Crustacea Decapoda of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93(4): 1266-1276 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source 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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sand snapping shrimp | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alpheus floridanus)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (120 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alpheus floridanus)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (120 records)
To ITIS