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Alpheus malleator

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Alpheus malleator
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. malleator
Binomial name
Alpheus malleator
Dana, 1852

Alpheus malleator, the hammerclaw snapping shrimp or bumpy-clawed snapping shrimp, is a species of marine snapping shrimp.[1][2][3] It is considered the most distinctive species in the genus Alpheus due to intricate morphological features.[3]

Distribution

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Alpheus malleator is found along the western Central American coast, including Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, and in the east and the west of the Atlantic Ocean.[1] The type locality is believed to be in Rio de Janeiro.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Alpheus malleator". Charles Darwin Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  3. ^ a b c Anker, Arthur; Pachelle, Paulo P.G. (2013). "Re-examination of the eastern Pacific and Atlantic material of Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852, with the description of Alpheus wonkimi sp. nov. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae)". Zootaxa. 3637 (4): 412–431. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3637.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26046208. S2CID 24185592.