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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Alpheidae snapping shrimps

Genus: Synalpheus

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112 species (see list below)
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Synalpheus agelas
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Max. Length 0.0 cm CL
 
Synalpheus albatrossi
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Synalpheus amabilis
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Synalpheus anasimus
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Synalpheus ancistrorhynchus
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Synalpheus androsi
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus antenor
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Synalpheus apioceros
[Large claw snapping shrimp]
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Synalpheus barahoensis
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Synalpheus belizensis
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus bituberculatus
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Synalpheus biunguiculatus
[Twoclaw snapping shrimp]
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Synalpheus bocas
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Synalpheus bousfieldi
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Synalpheus brachyceros
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Synalpheus brevicarpus
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Synalpheus brevifrons
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Max. Length 0.5 cm CL
 
Synalpheus brevispinis
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Synalpheus brooksi
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Western Central Pacific

Synalpheus carinatus(De Man, 1888)

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Synalpheus carinatus
[Carinate snapping shrimp]
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Synalpheus carpenteri
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Synalpheus chacei
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Synalpheus chaki
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus charon
[Red-coral pistol shrimp]
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Synalpheus comatularum
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Synalpheus corallinus
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Synalpheus corbariae
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Synalpheus coutierei
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Synalpheus curacaoensis
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Synalpheus dardeaui
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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
Synalpheus demaniBorradaile, 1899

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Synalpheus demani
[De Man's snapping shrimp]
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Synalpheus disparodigitus
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Synalpheus dominicensis
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Synalpheus duffyi
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Synalpheus echinus
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Synalpheus elizabethae
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Synalpheus filidigitus
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus fossor
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Synalpheus fritzmuelleri
[Speckled snapping shrimp]
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Synalpheus gambarelloides
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Synalpheus goodei
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Max. Length 0.0 cm CL
 
Synalpheus gracilirostris
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Synalpheus harpagatrus
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Synalpheus hastilicrassus
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Synalpheus heardi
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Synalpheus hemphilli
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Synalpheus heroni
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Synalpheus herricki
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Synalpheus hoetjesi
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Synalpheus idios
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Max. Length 0.0 cm CL
 
Synalpheus iocasta
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Synalpheus irie
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Synalpheus kensleyi
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Synalpheus kuadramanus
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Synalpheus laticeps
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Synalpheus lockingtoni
[Littoral pistol shrimp]
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Synalpheus longicarpus
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Synalpheus lophodactylus
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Synalpheus macclendoni
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Synalpheus macdonaldi
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Synalpheus macromanus
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Synalpheus mcclendoni
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Max. Length 0.4 cm CL
 
Synalpheus mexicanus
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Synalpheus microneptunus
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Synalpheus minus
[Minor snapping shrimp]
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Synalpheus mulegensis
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus neomeris
[Spined-rest snapping shrimp]
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus neptunus
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus nilandensis
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Synalpheus nobilii
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Synalpheus obtusifrons
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Synalpheus odontophorus
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Synalpheus orapilosus
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Synalpheus pachymeris
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Synalpheus pandionis
[Turtlegrass snapping shrimp]
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus paraneomeris
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Synalpheus paraneptunus
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Synalpheus paulsoni
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Synalpheus pectiniger
[Loggerhead snapping shrimp]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm CL
 
Synalpheus peruvianus
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus pescadorensis
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Synalpheus pinkfloydi
[Pink floyd pistol shrimp]
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Synalpheus plumesetosus
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Synalpheus pococki
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Synalpheus quadriarticulatus
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus quadrispinosus
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Synalpheus quinquedens
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Synalpheus rathbunae
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Synalpheus readi
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Max. Length 0.4 cm CL
 
Synalpheus regalis
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Synalpheus ruetzleri
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Synalpheus sanctithomae
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Synalpheus scaphoceris
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus sciro
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Max. Length 0.0 cm CL
 
Synalpheus septemspinosus
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Synalpheus spinifrons
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Indo-West Pacific

Synalpheus stimpsonii(De Man, 1888)

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Synalpheus stimpsonii
[Crinoid snapping shrimp]
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Synalpheus streptodactylus
[Cymbidium gentle touch orchid]
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Synalpheus stylopleuron
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus thai
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus theano
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Synalpheus thele
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Max. Length 0.5 cm CL
 
Synalpheus townsendi
[Townsend snapping shrimp]
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus triacanthus
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Synalpheus trispinosus
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Synalpheus triunguiculatus
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus tropidodactylus
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Max. Length 0.1 cm CL
 
Synalpheus tumidomanus
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Synalpheus ul
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Synalpheus wickstenae
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Synalpheus williamsi
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Synalpheus yano
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