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Rediscovery and range extension of the rare Caribbean alpheid shrimp, Prionalpheus gomezi (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2012

Arthur Anker  and
Sammy De Grave
Arthur Anker
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Zoobentos, Instituto de Ciências do Mar (Labomar), Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Sammy De Grave*
Affiliation:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. De Grave, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The alpheid shrimp Prionalpheus gomezi, previously only known from the incomplete type specimen from Cuba, is reported from Guadeloupe, Belize and Honduras. The previously unknown cheliped is illustrated, as is the diagnostic colour pattern.

Keywords

DecapodaAlpheidaePrionalpheusnew recordsCaribbean
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 5 , August 2012 , e107
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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