Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818

Alpheus heterochaelis – Holthuis 1959a: 102, Guyana, Suriname [“It is evidently the same species as that which Graham (1955: 42, pl. 5 fig. 14) reported from British Guiana as Demerata Lobster”].

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine (associated with sponges); 0– 30 m.

Remark

According to Almeida et al. (2014: 66): “At least part of the material reported by Holthuis (1959a) from Suriname belongs to A. pontederiae (p. 102, lot RMNH.Crus.D.11461, pl. III fig. 1)”.