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Alpheopsis allanhancocki Wicksten, 1992

camarón chasqueador, Snapping shrimp

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Alpheoidea

Family
Alpheidae

Genus
Alpheopsis

Species
allanhancocki

Taxon category: Accepted

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Alpheopsis allanhancocki", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17858. Accessed 3 November 2026.