Malacostraca - Decapoda - Alpheidae
Synonyms: Alpheoides Paul'son 1875, Asphalius Roux 1831, Autonomaea Risso 1816, Cryptophthalmus Rafinesque 1814, Dienecia Westwood 1835, Halopsyche de Saussure 1857, Nauplius Risso 1844, Oligorostra Ciampaglio and Weaver 2008, Oligosella Ciampaglio and Weaver 2008, Paralpheus Bate 1888, Phleusa Nardo 1847, Thunor Armstrong 1949
Parent taxon: Alpheidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Feldmann et al. 2019 and Poore and Ahyong 2004
Sister taxa: Alpheopsis, Arete, Athanas, Athanopsis, Betaeus, Symalpheus
Subtaxa: Alpheus astrinx Alpheus australiensis Alpheus australosulcatus Alpheus bidens Alpheus bunburius Alpheus collumianus Alpheus deuteropus Alpheus digitalis Alpheus edwarsii Alpheus facetus Alpheus gracilis Alpheus hailstonei Alpheus lobidens Alpheus lottini Alpheus macrodactylus Alpheus novazealandiae Alpheus pacificus Alpheus papillosus Alpheus parasocialis Alpheus richardsoni Alpheus socialis Alpheus spongiarum Alpheus stephensoni Alpheus strenuus Alpheus sulcatus Alpheus tasmanicus Alpheus villosus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at MMNS MS.77.011 (Oligocene of Mississippi)
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