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Synalpheus charon (Heller, 1861)
Alpheus charon Heller, 1861:27.
Synalpheus helleri de Man, 1911:246, pl. 8: fig. 37.
Synalpheus charon (Heller).—Banner, 1953:37, fig. 11.—Banner and Banner, 1964:88.
Synalpheus charon obscurus Banner, 1956:329, fig. 5.
Synalpheus charon charon (Heller) Banner, 1956:331.
MATERIAL.—3 ovigerous females, 11 specimens, Malpelo coll. no. 3.
MEASUREMENTS.—Ovigerous females cl 4.6–5.3 mm, other specimens cl 2.6–4.9 mm.
DISTRIBUTION.—Red Sea across the Pacific to Baja California (Banner and Banner, 1966; Chace, 1937). During the present study, material was also examined from the Pearl Islands and Taboguilla Island in the Gulf of Panama.
- citation bibliographique
- Graham, Jeffrey B. 1975. "The Biological investigation of Malpelo Island, Colombia." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-98. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.176
Comprehensive Description
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anglais
)
fourni par Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Synalpheus charon (Heller, 1861)
A[lpheus] charon Heller, 1861:27 [type locality: Red Sea].
Alpheus prolificus Bate, 1888:556, pl. 99: fig. 4 [type locality: off Honolulu, Hawaii; 33 meters].
Synalpheus Charon.—De Man. 1911:245, pl. 8: fig. 37.
Synalpheus Helleri De Man, 1911:194, 246 [type locality: Nicobar Islands].
Synalpheus charon obscurus A.H. Banner, 1956:329, fig. 5 [type locality: southeast side of Unai Obyan, Saipan, Mariana Islands; reef flat].
Synalpheus charon.—D.M. and A.H. Banner, 1975:369, fig. 25.—A.H. and D.M. Banner, 1983:90.
DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum not overreaching 1st antennular segment, apex not upturned, narrower at base than orbital teeth; 6th abdominal somite not projecting posteriorly either side of base of telson, posterior margin unarmed mesially; telson with rather small dorsolateral spines, both pairs sometimes situated in posterior of telson, posterior angles obtuse, stylocerite distinctly overreaching 1st antennular segment; basal antennal segment (basicerite) not overreaching stylocerite, dorsal margin little dentate, usually rounded; antennal scale with well-developed blade; major chela with movable finger not clearly overreaching fixed finger, palm terminating distally in slight, blunt protrusion at level of articulation with movable finger; minor chela with movable finger not bearing patterned row of setae on extensor margin, fingers not terminating in more than 1 tooth; 2nd pereopod with 5 carpal articles; 3rd pereopod with dactyl biunguiculate, extensor tooth slender, with lateral flange, segment excavate on flexor margin proximal to flexor tooth, merus unarmed; uropod with transverse articulation on lateral branch; maximum carapace length to base of rostrum about 7 mm.
RANGE.—Red Sea to South Africa, Japan to Australia, and Gulf of California to Ecuador; shallow subtidal to 33 meters, perhaps confined to living heads of branching corals.
- citation bibliographique
- Chace, Fenner Albert, Jr. 1997. "The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea:Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907-1910, Part 7: Families Atyidae, Eugonatonotidae, Rhynchocinetidae, Bathypalaemonidae, Processidae, and Hippolytidae." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-106. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.381.1
