Alope (genus)
| Alope | |
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| Alope spinifrons | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Hippolytidae |
| Genus: | Alope White, 1847 |
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Alope is a genus of shrimp in the family Hippolytidae, comprising two species:[1]
- Alope orientalis is widely distributed across the Indo-West Pacific.[2]
- Alope spinifrons is endemic to New Zealand, and is found throughout that country's coasts.[3]
References
- ↑ Gary C. B. Poore & Shane T. Ahyong (2004). "Hippolytidae Bate, 1888". Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia: a guide to identification. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 118–126. ISBN 978-0-643-06906-0.
- ↑ P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Hippolytidae Bate, 1888". Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part I). Zoological catalogue of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 251–265. ISBN 0-643-06791-4.
- ↑ L. R. Richardson and J. C. Yaldwyn (1958). "A guide to the natant decapod Crustacea (shrimps and prawns) of New Zealand". Tuatara. 7 (1): 17–41.
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