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Synalpheus is a genus of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae, presently containing roughly 130 species. The genus Zuzalpheus was established for Synalpheus gambarelloides, S. brooksi, and their closest relatives[1], which contain several notably eusocial species[2]. While these do seem to form a clade, it is not fully resolved whether or not they are indeed the sister taxon of the remaining Synalpheus[3]. Thus it is possible that eventually Zuzalpheus will be demoted to a subgenus of Synalpheus.
The snapping behavior of Synalpheus is rather well studied. In Synalpheus parneomeris, peak to peak source levels between 185 and 190 dB re 1 μPa at 1 m were measured, depending on the size of the claw.[4]
[edit] Selected species
- Synalpheus ancistrorhynchus
- Synalpheus apioceros
- Synalpheus bispinosus
- Synalpheus bituberculatus
- Synalpheus brevicarpus
- Synalpheus carinatus
- Synalpheus charon
- Synalpheus comatularum
- Synalpheus coutierei
- Synalpheus demani Borradaile, 1899
- Synalpheus dominicensis
- Synalpheus dorae
- Synalpheus echinus
- Synalpheus fossor
- Synalpheus fritzmuelleri
- Synalpheus gracilirostris
- Synalpheus haddoni
- Synalpheus harpagatrus
- Synalpheus hastilicrassus
- Synalpheus heroni
- Synalpheus iocasta
- Synalpheus lophodactylus
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- Synalpheus minus
- Synalpheus neomeris
- Synalpheus neptunus
- Synalpheus neptunus germanus
- Synalpheus neptunus neptunus
- Synalpheus nilandensis
- Synalpheus obtusifrons
- Synalpheus paralaticeps
- Synalpheus paraneomeris
- Synalpheus pescadorensis
- Synalpheus pococki
- Synalpheus quadriarticulatus
- Synalpheus readi
- Synalpheus scaphoceris
- Synalpheus sciro
- Synalpheus stimpsonii
- Synalpheus streptodactylus
- Synalpheus theano
- Synalpheus tijou
- Synalpheus townsendi
- Synalpheus tropidodactylus
- Synalpheus tumidomanus
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Ríos & Duffy (2007)
- ^ Duffy et al. (2000)
- ^ See e.g. Duffy et al. (2000)
- ^ Au & Banks (1998)
[edit] References
- Au, W.W.L. & Banks, K. (1998): The acoustics of the snapping shrimp Synalpheus parneomeris in Kaneohe Bay. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103(1): 41–47. doi:10.1121/1.423234 (HTML abstract)
- Chace, F.A. (1972): The shrimps of the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean expeditions with a summary of the West Indian shallow-water species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 98: 1-179. PDF fulltext
- Chace, F.A. (1988): The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907-1910, Part 5: Family Alpheidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 466: 1-99. PDF fulltext
- Coutière, H. (1909): The American species of snapping shrimps of the genus Synalpheus. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 36(1659): 1-93.
- Duffy, J. Emmett; Morrison, Cheryl L. & Ríos, Rubén (2000): Multiple Origins of Eusociality among Sponge-dwelling Shrimps (Synalpheus). Evolution 54(2): 503-516. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00053.x (HTML abstract)
- Ríos, Rubén & Duffy, J. Emmett (2007): A review of the sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, with description of Zuzalpheus, new genus, and six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). Zootaxa 1602: 1–89. PDF fulltext
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