Synalpheus fossor (Paulson, 1875)

Wang, Yan-Rong & Sha, Zhong-Li, 2015, A review of the genus Synalpheus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from China seas, Zoological Systematics 40 (4), pp. 357-435 : 379

3.2.9 Synalpheus fossor (Paulson, 1875)

Alpheus fossor Paulson, 1875 . Invest. Red Sea Crust.,: 103, pl. 13. fig. 5.

Synalpheus fossor Coutière, 1905 . Fauna and Geog. Maid and Laccad., 2 (4): 872, pl. 70, fig. 6; Tattersall, 1921. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 34(229): 374; Banner & Banner, 1975. Records of the Australian Museum, 29(12): pl. 335, fig. 16.

Synalpheus fossor var. propinqua de Man, 1911 . Siboga Exped , 39(2): 250. fig. 39.

Synalpheus bakeri Coutière, 1908 . Bull. Soc. Philomath. Paris IX, 11(5): 199 (species described from S. Australia).

Synalpheus bakeri var. stormi de Man, 1911 . Siboga Exped. , 39(2): 253, fig. 40; Banner & Banner, 1966. Siam Soc. Mono. 3: 53, fig. 15.

Alpheus sp. varietas B de Man, 1897. Zool. Jb. Syst., 9: 741, pl. 35, figs 62c and 62cc ( S. bakeri stormi acc. de Man, 1911, loc. cit.).

Distribution. Hong Kong, South China Sea; Red Sea; Maldive Archipelago; Indonesia; Thailand; Philippines; Australian.

Remarks. This species was reported by Banner & Banner (1978) and Liu (2008) from the South China Sea, but not found in the present specimens.