Decanet taxon details
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861
514879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:514879)
accepted
Species
Alpheus gracilis var. alluaudi Coutière, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alpheus gracilis var. luciparensis De Man, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crangon gracilis (Heller, 1861) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crangon gracilis var. simplex Banner, 1953 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Alpheus gracilis var. alluaudi Coutière, 1905 accepted as Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Alpheus gracilis var. luciparensis De Man, 1911 accepted as Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Heller, C. (1861). Synopsis der im rothen Meere vorkommenden Crustaceen. <em>Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 11: 3-31. [details] 
Type locality contained in Northern and Central Red Sea
type locality contained in Northern and Central Red Sea [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=514879 on 2026-07-09
original description
Heller, C. (1861). Synopsis der im rothen Meere vorkommenden Crustaceen. <em>Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 11: 3-31. [details]
original description (of Alpheus gracilis var. alluaudi Coutière, 1905) Coutière, H. (1905). Les Alpheidae. In: Gardiner, J.S., The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. Being the account of the work carried on and of the Collections made by an Expedition during the years 1899 and 1900: 852-921, pls. 70-87. University Press, Cambridge. [details]
original description (of Alpheus gracilis var. luciparensis De Man, 1911) De Man, J.G. (1911). The Decapoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part II. Family Alpheidae. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 39(1): 133-465. [details]
original description (of Crangon gracilis var. simplex Banner, 1953) Banner, A. H. (1953). The Crangonidae, or snapping shrimp, of Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 7: 3-147. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Dworschak, P.C. (2025). Notes on some publication dates recently cited in the checklist of Decapoda described by Camill Heller. <em>Annals of the Natural History Museum Vienna.</em> 126: 75-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/anhmw.168710 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Alpheus gracilis var. alluaudi Coutière, 1905) Coutière, H. (1905). Les Alpheidae. In: Gardiner, J.S., The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. Being the account of the work carried on and of the Collections made by an Expedition during the years 1899 and 1900: 852-921, pls. 70-87. University Press, Cambridge. [details]
original description (of Alpheus gracilis var. luciparensis De Man, 1911) De Man, J.G. (1911). The Decapoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part II. Family Alpheidae. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 39(1): 133-465. [details]
original description (of Crangon gracilis var. simplex Banner, 1953) Banner, A. H. (1953). The Crangonidae, or snapping shrimp, of Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 7: 3-147. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Dworschak, P.C. (2025). Notes on some publication dates recently cited in the checklist of Decapoda described by Camill Heller. <em>Annals of the Natural History Museum Vienna.</em> 126: 75-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/anhmw.168710 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Crangon gracilis (Heller, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alpheus gracilis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Crangon gracilis (Heller, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alpheus gracilis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS