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Alpheidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Alpheidae

Taxonomy

Alpheidae was named by Rafinesque (1815) [no fossil representatives ]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Alpheoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Feldmann et al. (2019).

Subtaxa

Alpheopsis, Alpheus, Arete, Athanas, Athanopsis, Betaeus, Oligosella, Symalpheus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1815	Alpheidae Rafinesque
2010	Alpheidae Schweitzer et al. p. 15
2019	Alpheidae Feldmann et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Multicrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
class	Malacostraca	()
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892
—	Caridoida	Hessler 1982
order	Decapoda
suborder	Pleocyemata	Burkenroad 1963
infraorder	Caridea	Dana 1852
superfamily	Alpheoidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Alpheidae	Rafinesque 1815
family	Alpheidae	Rafinesque 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Alpheidae Rafinesque 1815

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G. Alpheopsis Coutiere 1897

Alpheopsis trispinosa Stimpson 1861

G. Alpheus Fabricius 1798

Alpheus astrinx Banner and Banner 1982

Alpheus australiensis Banner and Banner 1982

Alpheus australosulcatus Banner and Banner 1982

Alpheus bidens Olivier 1811

Alpheus bunburius Banner and Banner 1982

Alpheus collumianus Stimpson 1860

Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf 1879