On some interesting marine decapod crustaceans (Alpheidae, Laomediidae, Strahlaxiidae) from Lombok, Indonesia
Author
Anker, Arthur
Author
Pratama, Idham Sumarto
Author
Firdaus, Muhammad
Author
Rahayu, Dwi Listyo
text
Zootaxa
2015
3911
3
301
342
journal article
42341
10.11646/zootaxa.3911.3.1
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1175-5326
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Alpheus savuensis
De
Man
, 1908
(
Fig. 6
)
Alpheus savuensis
De
Man
1908
: 110
;
De
Man
1911
: 392
, (1915) pl. 20, fig. 90;
Banner & Banner 1966a
: 180
;
Miya 1984
: 97
;
Banner & Banner 1985
: 31
;
Jeng & Chang, 1985
: 247
, figs. 18, 19;
Jeng, 1997
: 13
, 28, fig. 23;
Hayashi 1998
: 216
, figs.
348g
, n,
350g
,
351g
.
Crangon sauvensis
(lap. cal.).—
Banner 1953
: 132
(table).
Material examined
.
Indonesia
.
1 male
, 1 ov. female (
OUMNH
.ZC.
2014-10-03
), western Lombok, Sira, seagrass flat with some muddy areas, burrow, suction pump and digging/sieving,
0.2–0.5 m
, leg. D.L. Rahayu
et al.
,
13 May 2014
[LB-St4-18]; 1 ov. female (
MZB
Cru 4038), western Lombok, Teluk Medana, seagrass flat with sand, mud, some rubble-gravel, burrow, suction pump and digging/sieving,
0.2–0.7 m
,
12 May 2014
[LB-St3-20];
1 male
, 1 ov. female (
RMNH
.
CRUS
.D.56735), southern Lombok, Teluk Sekotong, seagrass flat, burrow, suction pump and digging/sieving,
0.2–0.5 m
, leg. D.L. Rahayu
et al.
,
14 May 2014
[LBSt6-23].
Taxonomic account
. See
De
Man
(1908
,
1911
).
Habitat
. Sand flats proximal to coral reefs, sometimes with abundant seagrass and/or coral rubble. Depth range: about
0.5–
5 m
.
Distribution
. Indo-West Pacific: southern
Japan
,
Taiwan
,
Philippines
,
Indonesia
,
Papua New Guinea
,
Micronesia
,
Samoa
(
Banner & Banner 1985; present study; A. Anker, pers. obs.
).
Remarks
.
Alpheus savuensis
is relatively widespread but rarely collected snapping shrimp, mainly due to its burrowing life style and relatively low population densities (compared to other burrowing species of
Alpheus
). The species was previously known from
Indonesia
(e.g., Makassar Strait,
De
Man
1911
) and is herewith reported for the first time from Lombok. The colour pattern of the Lombok specimens (
Fig. 6
) corresponds well to that of the Taiwanese specimens in
Jeng & Chang (1985)
and
Jeng (1997)
.