| Alpheus malleator | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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. It is considered the most distinctive species in the genus Alpheus due to intricate morphological features.
Distribution
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. The type locality is believed to be in Rio de Janeiro.
References
- ^ "Alpheus malleator". Charles Darwin Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ 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.
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