# 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