Checklist of penaeoid and caridean shrimps (Decapoda: Penaeoidea, Caridea) from the eastern tropical Pacific Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The checklist totals 227 species (39 penaeoids and 188 carideans); 177 (c80%) are endemic to the region. Among the non-endemics, seven species occur worldwide; 19 species occur in the Indo-West Pacific, two of which occur also in the W Atlantic and one of which occurs also in the E Atlantic; eight species are found on both sides of the Atlantic; 16 species are found only in the W Atlantic; one species lives in the S Atlantic; one species occurs in the Indian Ocean. The family Alpheidae is the most diverse, with 77 species, followed by the Palaemonidae, with 55 species. -from Authors

published proceedings

  • Proceedings - San Diego Society of Natural History

author list (cited authors)

  • Wicksten, M. K., & Hendrickx, M. E.

complete list of authors

  • Wicksten, MK||Hendrickx, ME

publication date

  • January 1992