Alpheus cf. packardii Kingsley, 1880

Alpheus cf. packardii – Soledade&Almeida 2013: 103, Brazil Amapá [from A. normanni in Christoffersen (1998), Coelho et al. (2006)].

Alpheus packardii s. lat. – Anker et al. 2016: 22, Brazil Amapá [in distribution, with indication that this is a species complex].

non Alpheus normanni Kingsley, 1878 – Christoffersen 1998: 359, Brazil Amapá. — Coelho et al. 2006: tab. 3, Brazil Amapá. Corrected into Alpheus cf. packardii in Soledade & Almeida (2013: 103).

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine; 0– 73 m.

Remark

The taxonomy of A. normanni and A. packardii remains unsettled due to the presence of cryptic taxa on both sides of the Americas (see Soledade & Almeida 2013). Alpheus normanni is now considered as an EP species (see Kim & Abele 1988; Felder et al. 2009: note 57). According to A. Anker (pers. com., Mar. 2024), the A. packardii complex is still under revision, including no less than a dozen species.