Alpheus malleodigitus Bate 1888
| Main Authors: | Dehghani, Amir, Sari, Alireza, Naderloo, Reza |
|---|---|
| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5255798 |
Daftar Isi:
- Alpheus malleodigitus (Bate, 1888) (Fig. 5 A–B) Betaeus malleodigitus Bate, 1888: 565. Alpheus malleodigitus — De Man, 1902: 866; Alpheus phyrginus Coutiere, 1905a: 886, fig. 25. Alpheus persicus Nobili, 1906: 33. Alpheus malleodigitus — Banner and Banner, 1982: 92. Material examined. PG : 5 males, 6 ovig. females (ZUTC 6677), Abu-Musa I., on dead coral, Coll. R. Naderloo and A. Dehghani, 10 Oct. 2017; 1 male, 1 ovine. female (SMF 51384), Abu-Musa I., on dead coral, Coll. R. Naderloo & A. Dehghani, 10 Oct. 2017; GO: 2 males, 2 ovig. females (ZUTC 6678), Chabahar Bay, Tis, on dead coral, Coll. A. Dehghani, 2 Oct. 2016. Distribution. Indo-West Pacific: from South Africa and Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman to Japan, Australia. Regional records. PG: UAE (Nobili, 1905b & 1906 as Alpheus persicus), Iran (present study); GO: Iran (present study). Habitat. The material from Australia and Singapore are associated to the hard corals Pocillopora and Seriatopora (Banner & Banner, 1982; Anker & De Grave, 2016). Remarks. Nobili (1906) described a new species from the PG, namely A. persicus. However, Banner & Banner (1966) re-examined this material and synonymized it with A. malleodigitus. The species is similar in appearance to A. microstylus but can be recognized using two characters: 1) tooth of the scaphocerite reaching the distal margin of second antennular segment while in A. microstylus the tooth reaches near the end of third segment; 2) dactylus of major chela forms a single to double-headed hammer (see Banner & Banner, 1982). In the PG and GO, A. malleodigitus were found on Acropora sp. branches.
- Published as part of Dehghani, Amir, Sari, Alireza & Naderloo, Reza, 2019, Annotated checklist of the snapping shrimps of the genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran, pp. 479-504 in Zootaxa 4544 (4) on page 488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/2618475