Alope (shrimp)

Alope

Alope spinifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Hippolytidae
Genus:	Alope White, 1847
Species
Alope orientalis (De Man, 1906) Alope spinifrons (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)

Alope is a genus of shrimp in the family Hippolytidae, comprising two species:^[1]

Alope spinifrons is endemic to New Zealand, and is found throughout that country's coasts.^[3]

References

^ Gary C. B. Poore & Shane T. Ahyong (2004). "Hippolytidae Bate, 1888". Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia: a guide to identification. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 118–126. ISBN 978-0-643-06906-0. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZZWnuGc0xlMC&pg=PA119.
^ P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Hippolytidae Bate, 1888". Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part I). Zoological catalogue of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 251–265. ISBN 0-643-06791-4. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Sc7i6AL-GewC&pg=PA253.
^ L. R. Richardson and J. C. Yaldwyn (1958). "A guide to the natant decapod Crustacea (shrimps and prawns) of New Zealand". Tuatara 7 (1): 17–41. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio07Tuat01-t1-body-d5.html.