Alpheus rapacida is a species of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae. It is found at depths of up to 56 metres (184 ft) across the Indo-West Pacific,[2] with a few recent observations from the Mediterranean coasts of Israel and Turkey as a Lessepsian migrant.[3]

Alpheus rapacida
Alpheus rapacida and Cryptocentrus strigilliceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Alpheidae
Genus: Alpheus
Species:
A. rapacida
Binomial name
Alpheus rapacida
De Man, 1908 [1]

References

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  1. ^ Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2010). "Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908d". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
  2. ^ "Species Alpheus rapacida de Man, 1908". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. October 9, 2008. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
  3. ^ Tahir Özcan, A. Suat Ateş & Tuncer Katağan (2008). "On the presence of the snapping shrimp, Alpheus rapacida (Decapoda: Caridea) on the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey" (PDF). Marine Biodiversity Records. 1: e86. doi:10.1017/S1755267207008792. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21.
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