dc:title"Provisional revision of American snapping shrimp allied to Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) with notes on A. floridanus africanus";
dc:description"FIGURE 2. Color patterns of species allied to Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878. Alpheus roblesi sp. nov.: a, b, dorsal and lateral views of male, cl 8.0 mm, Campeche Banks, Mexico (ULLZ 7197 A); c, lateral view of ovigerous female, cl 7.5 mm, Campeche Banks, Mexico (ULLZ 7197 B); d, dorsal view of female, cl 4.9 mm, Campeche Banks, Mexcio (ULLZ 7440). Alpheus ulalae sp. nov.: e, f, lateral view of holotype ovigerous female, cl 7.5 mm, northeastern Gulf of Mexico (USNM 1265092 = tissue / sequence ULLZ 6815). Alpheus hephaestus sp. nov.: g, lateral view of male, cl 9.1 mm, Pacific coast of Costa Rica (ULLZ 6204); h, dorsal view of male, cl 7.1 mm, Pacific coast of Panama (ULLZ 8004); i, dorsal view of male, cl 8.9 mm, Pacific coast of Panama (ULLZ 9508 A). Alpheus platycheirus Boone, 1927: j, dorsal view of damaged female, cl 7.9 mm, northern Gulf of Mexico (ULLZ 6421); k, dorsal view of ovigerous female, cl 9.0 mm, northern Gulf of Mexico (ULLZ 5858); l, dorsal view of male, cl 9.8 mm, northern Gulf of Mexico (ULLZ 5952).";
dc:description"FIGURE 6. Alpheus roblesi sp. nov.: a – g, holotype male (USNM 1265091 = tissue ULLZ 9141); h, paratype ovigerous female (ULLZ 7197 B): a, habitus, lateral; b, anterior carapace, left side, lateral; c, anterior carapace, dorsal; d, left major cheliped, lateral; e, right minor cheliped, lateral; f, right minor cheliped, propodus and dactylus, mesial (balaeniceps setae shown); g, right second pleopod, appendix interna and appendix masculina (serrated setae shown only in bracket); h, sixth abdominal somite, telson and uropods, dorsal. Scale bars = 2.0 mm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 7. Alpheus roblesi sp. nov.: a – g, holotype male (USNM 1265091 = tissue ULLZ 9141): a, right mandible, mesial; b, right maxillule, lateral; c, right second maxilla, lateral; d, left first maxilliped, lateral; e, right second maxilliped (exopod broken), lateral; f, right third maxilliped, lateral; g, right third maxilliped, terminal and penultimate article, mesial. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (b – e), 2.0 mm (a, f, g).";
dc:description"FIGURE 8. Alpheus roblesi sp. nov.: a – e, holotype male (USNM 1265091 = tissue ULLZ 9141); f, paratype ovigerous female (ULLZ 7197 B): a, left second pereopod, lateral; b, left third pereopod, lateral; c, left fourth pereopod, lateral; d, left fifth pereopod, lateral; e, left fifth pereopod, propodus and dactylus, mesial; f, abdomen, telson, uropods, pleopods, and egg, lateral. Scale bars = 2.0 mm.";
