title: Alpheus
text: # Alpheus
  
  Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 è un genere di crostacei appartenente alla famiglia Alpheidae.
  
  Il genere comprende oltre 250 specie. Caratteristica, come per altri gamberi, è la chela in grado di produrre rumore, utilizzata per la caccia. Alcune specie di questo genere vivono in simbiosi con i pesci della famiglia Gobiidae.
  
  ## Tassonomia
  
  Il genere Alpheus comprende le seguenti specie:
  
  * Alpheus acutocarinatus De Man, 1909
  * Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus adamastor Coutière, 1908
  * Alpheus aequus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus agilis Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2009
  * Alpheus agrogon Ramos, 1997
  * Alpheus albatrossae (Banner, 1953)
  * Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902
  * Alpheus alpheopsides Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus amblyonyx Chace, 1972
  * Alpheus amirantei Coutière, 1908
  * Alpheus anchistus De Man, 1920
  * Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002
  * Alpheus angustilineatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
  * Alpheus antepaenultimus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus architectus De Man, 1897
  * Alpheus arenensis (Chace, 1937)
  * Alpheus arenicolus Banner & Banner, 1983
  * Alpheus arethusa De Man, 1909
  * Alpheus armatus Rathbun, 1901
  * Alpheus armillatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  * Alpheus arnoa Banner, 1957
  * Alpheus astrinx Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus australiensis Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus australosulcatus Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus baccheti Anker, 2010
  * Alpheus bahamensis Rankin, 1898
  * Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus bannerorum Bruce, 1987e
  * Alpheus barbadensis (Schmitt, 1924)
  * Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897
  * Alpheus batesi Banner & Banner, 1964
  * Alpheus beanii Verrill, 1922
  * Alpheus belli Coutière, 1898
  * Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877
  * Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake, 1969
  * Alpheus bicostatus De Man, 1908
  * Alpheus bidens (Olivier, 1811)
  * Alpheus bisincisus De Haan, 1849
  * Alpheus blachei Crosnier & Forest, 1965
  * Alpheus bouvieri A.Milne-Edwards, 1878
  * Alpheus brachymerus (Banner, 1953)
  * Alpheus bradypus Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus brevicristatus De Haan, 1844
  * Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860
  * Alpheus brevirostris (Olivier, 1811)
  * Alpheus brucei Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus bucephaloides Nobili, 1905
  * Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus buchanorum Banner & Banner, 1983
  * Alpheus bullatus Barnard, 1955
  * Alpheus bunburius Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus californiensis Holmes, 1900
  * Alpheus canaliculatus Banner & Banner, 1968
  * Alpheus candei Guérin-Méneville, 1856
  * Alpheus chacei Carvacho, 1979
  * Alpheus chamorro Banner, 1956
  * Alpheus chilensis Coutière in Lenz, 1902
  * Alpheus chiragricus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  * Alpheus christofferseni Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2007
  * Alpheus clamator Lockington, 1877
  * Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908
  * Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860
  * Alpheus colombiensis Wicksten, 1988
  * Alpheus compressus Banner & Banner, 1981
  * Alpheus confusus Carvacho, 1989
  * Alpheus coutierei De Man, 1909
  * Alpheus crassimanus Heller, 1865
  * Alpheus cremnus Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus cristatus Coutière, 1897
  * Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900
  * Alpheus crockeri (Armstrong, 1941)
  * Alpheus cylindricus Kingsley, 1878
  * Alpheus cythereus Banner & Banner, 1966
  * Alpheus dasycheles Coutière, 1908
  * Alpheus davaoensis Chace, 1988
  * Alpheus dentipes Guérin, 1832
  * Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879
  * Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844
  * Alpheus dissodontonotus Stebbing, 1915
  * Alpheus distinctus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus distinguendus
  * Alpheus djeddensis Coutière, 1897
  * Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909
  * Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
  * Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888
  * Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)
  * Alpheus ehlersii De Man, 1909
  * Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984
  * Alpheus euchirus Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus eulimene De Man, 1909
  * Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897
  * Alpheus exilis W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus explorator Boone, 1935
  * Alpheus facetus De Man, 1908
  * Alpheus fagei Crosnier & Forest, 1965
  * Alpheus fasciatus Lockington, 1878
  * Alpheus fasqueli Anker, 2001
  * Alpheus felgenhaueri W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus fenneri Bruce, 1994
  * Alpheus firmus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
  * Alpheus foresti Banner & Banner, 1981
  * Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850
  * Alpheus frontalis H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
  * Alpheus fujitai Nomura & Anker, 2005
  * Alpheus funafutensis Borradaile, 1899
  * Alpheus fushima Nomura, 2009
  * Alpheus galapagensis Sivertsen, 1933
  * Alpheus georgei Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus glaber (Olivi, 1792)
  * Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860
  * Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861
  * Alpheus grahami Abele, 1975
  * Alpheus haanii Ortmann, A., 1890
  * Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus halesii Kirk, 1887
  * Alpheus hebes W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus heeia Banner & Banner, 1974
  * Alpheus heronicus Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus heterocarpus (Yu, 1935)
  * Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818
  * Alpheus heurteli Coutière, 1897
  * Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888
  * Alpheus holthuisi Ribeiro, 1964
  * Alpheus homochirus (Yu, 1935)
  * Alpheus hoonsooi W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus hoplites Nobili, 1906
  * Alpheus hoplocheles Coutière, 1897
  * Alpheus hortensis Wicksten & McClure, 2003
  * Alpheus hululensis Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus hutchingsae Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus hyeyoungae W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus hyphalus Chace, 1988
  * Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus immaculatus Knowlton & Keller, 1983
  * Alpheus inca Wicksten & G. Méndez, 1981
  * Alpheus inopinatus Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1958
  * Alpheus intrinsecus Bate, 1888
  * Alpheus japonicus Miers, 1879
  * Alpheus javieri Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2009
  * Alpheus kagoshimanus Hayashi & Nagata, 2000
  * Alpheus kuroshimensis Nomura & Anker, 2005
  * Alpheus labis Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus lacertosus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus ladronis Banner, 1956
  * Alpheus lanceloti Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus lanceostylus Banner, 1959
  * Alpheus latus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus lepidus De Man, 1908
  * Alpheus leptocheles Banner & Banner, 1975
  * Alpheus leptochiroides De Man, 1909
  * Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
  * Alpheus longecarinatus Hilgendorf, 1879
  * Alpheus longichaelis Carvacho, 1979
  * Alpheus longiforceps Hayashi & Nagata, 2002
  * Alpheus longinquus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1829
  * Alpheus luciae Barnar
  * Alpheus lutosus Anker & De Grave, 2009
  * Alpheus macellarius Chace, 1988
  * Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835)
  * Alpheus macrochirus Richters
  * Alpheus macrodactylus
  * Alpheus macroskeles Alcock & Anderson, 1899
  * Alpheus maindroni Coutière, 1898
  * Alpheus malabaricus (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus malleodigitus (Bate, 1888)
  * Alpheus martini W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus mazatlanicus Wicksten, 1983
  * Alpheus microrhynchus De Man, 1897
  * Alpheus microscaphis (Banner, 1959)
  * Alpheus microstylus (Bate, 1888)
  * Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898
  * Alpheus migrans Lewinsohn & Holthuis, 1978
  * Alpheus millsae Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2007
  * Alpheus minikoensis Coutière
  * Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus moretensis Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus naos Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2007
  * Alpheus nipa Banner & Banner, 1985
  * Alpheus nobili Banner & Banner, 1966
  * Alpheus nonalter Kensley, 1969
  * Alpheus normanni Kingsley, 1878
  * Alpheus notabilis Stebbing, 1915
  * Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876
  * Alpheus nuttingi (Schmitt, 1924)
  * Alpheus oahuensis (Banner, 1953)
  * Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus ovaliceps Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860
  * Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus packardii Kingsley, 1880
  * Alpheus paludicola Kemp, 1915
  * Alpheus panamensis Kingsley, 1878
  * Alpheus papillosus Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881
  * Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus paraformosus Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2008
  * Alpheus paragracilis Coutière
  * Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus paralpheopsides Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus parasocialis Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus parvimaculatus Nomura & Anker, 2005
  * Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus parvus De Man, 1909
  * Alpheus peasei (Armstrong, 1940)
  * Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1908
  * Alpheus perezi Coutière, 1908
  * Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956
  * Alpheus philoctetes De Man, 1909
  * Alpheus platydactylus Coutière, 1897
  * Alpheus platyunguiculatus (Banner, 1953)
  * Alpheus polystictus Knowlton & Keller, 1985
  * Alpheus polyxo De Man, 1909
  * Alpheus pontederiae Rochebrune, 1883
  * Alpheus pouang Christoffersen, 1979
  * Alpheus praedator De Man, 1908
  * Alpheus proseuchirus De Man, 1908
  * Alpheus pseudopugnax (Banner, 1953)
  * Alpheus puapeba Christoffersen, 1979
  * Alpheus pubescens De Man, 1908
  * Alpheus pugnax Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus purpurilenticularis Karplus & Ben Tuvia, 1979
  * Alpheus pustulosus Banner & Banner, 1968
  * Alpheus quasirapacida Chace, 1988
  * Alpheus randalli Banner & Banner, 1980
  * Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908
  * Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798
  * Alpheus rectus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus ribeiroa Anker & Dworschak, 2004
  * Alpheus richardsoni Yaldwyn, 1971
  * Alpheus romensky Burukovsky, 1990
  * Alpheus roquensis Knowlton & Keller, 1985
  * Alpheus roseodigitalis Nomura & Anker, 2005
  * Alpheus rostratus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus ruber
  * Alpheus rugimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
  * Alpheus samoa Banner & Banner, 1966
  * Alpheus savuensis De Man, 1908
  * Alpheus saxidomus Holthuis, 1980
  * Alpheus schmitti Chace, 1972
  * Alpheus scopulus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus serenei Tiwari, 1964
  * Alpheus sibogae De Man, 1908
  * Alpheus simus Guérin-Méneville, 1856
  * Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967
  * Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862
  * Alpheus soelae Banner & Banner, 1986
  * Alpheus soror Bruce, 1999
  * Alpheus spatulatus Banner & Banner, 1968
  * Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897
  * Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897
  * Alpheus stanleyi Coutière, 1908
  * Alpheus stantoni Banner & Banner, 1986
  * Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908
  * Alpheus stephensoni Banner & Smalley, 1969
  * Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852
  * Alpheus styliceps Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus sublucanus (Forsskål, 1775)
  * Alpheus sudara Banner & Banner, 1966
  * Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878
  * Alpheus suluensis Chace, 1988
  * Alpheus supachai Banner & Banner, 1966
  * Alpheus superciliaris Coutière, 1905
  * Alpheus talismani Coutière, 1898
  * Alpheus tasmanicus Banner & Banner, 1982
  * Alpheus tenuicarpus De Man, 1908
  * Alpheus tenuipes De Man, 1910
  * Alpheus tenuis W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus thomasi Hendrix & Gore, 1973
  * Alpheus tirmiziae Kazmi, 1974
  * Alpheus tricolor Anker, 2001
  * Alpheus triphopus Nobili, 1906
  * Alpheus tuberculosus Osorio, 1892
  * Alpheus tungii Banner & Banner, 1966
  * Alpheus umbo W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus utriensis Ramos & von Prahl, 1989
  * Alpheus vanderbilti Boone, 1930
  * Alpheus villosus (Olivier, 1811)
  * Alpheus villus W. Kim & Abele, 1988
  * Alpheus viridari (Armstrong, 1949)
  * Alpheus waltervadi Kensley, 1969
  * Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880
  * Alpheus wickstenae Christoffersen & Ramos, 1987
  * Alpheus williamsi Bruce, 1994
  * Alpheus xanthocarpus Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2008
  * Alpheus xishaensis R. Liu & Lan, 1980
  * Alpheus zimmermani Anker, 2007
  * Alpheus zulfaquiri Kazmi, 1982
  