| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpheus abumusa Dehghani, Sari & Naderloo, 2019 |
Endemic to Persian Gulf | 0.89 | |
| Alpheus acutocarinatus De Man, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852 |
Snapping shrimp | Indo-West Pacific | |
| Alpheus aequus Kim & Abele, 1988 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Alpheus albatrossae (Banner, 1953) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus alcyone De Man, 1902 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus amblyonyx Chace, 1972 |
Bluntclaw snapping shrimp | Southwest Atlantic | |
| Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus ankeri Dehghani, Sari & Naderloo, 2019 |
Endemic to Persian Gulf | 0.84 | |
| Alpheus architectus (de Man, 1897) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus armatus Rathbun, 1901 |
Brown snapping shrimp | Western Atlantic | |
| Alpheus armillatus Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
Banded snapping shrimp | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Alpheus australiensis Banner & Banner, 1982 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus baccheti Anker, 2010 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus bahamensis Rankin, 1898 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus bannerorum Bruce, 1987 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Alpheus barbara Lockington, 1878 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus barbatus Coutière, 1897 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus batesi Banner & Banner, 1964 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus beanii Verrill, 1922 |
Southwest Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus belli Coutière, 1898 |
Western Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus bellimanus Lockington, 1877 |
Olive snapping shrimp | Eastern Pacific | |
| Alpheus bellulus Miya & Miyake, 1969 |
Pretty snapping shrimp | Indo-West Pacific | 4 |
| Alpheus bicostatus De Man, 1908 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus bidens (Olivier, 1811) |
Mottled snapping prawn | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus bisincisus de Haan, 1844 |
Flathead snapping shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus bouvieri Milne-Edwards, 1878 |
Bouvier's banded snapping shrimp | Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic | |
| Alpheus bradypus Coutière, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus brevicristatus de Haan, 1844 |
Teppo snapping shrimp | Northwest Pacific | |
| Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus brevirostris (Olivier, 1811) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus bucephaloides Nobili, 1905 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus bucephalus Coutière, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus californiensis Holmes, 1900 |
Mudflat snapping shrimp | Eastern Central Pacific | |
| Alpheus canaliculatus Banner & Banner, 1968 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus candei Guérin-Méneville, 1855 |
Western Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus cedrici Anker & De Grave, 2012 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus chilensis Coutière, 1902 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Alpheus chiragricus Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus clamator Lockington, 1877 |
Twistclaw pistol shrimp | Eastern Central Pacific | |
| Alpheus clypeatus Coutière, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus coetivensis Coutière, 1908 |
Pacific Ocean | ||
| Alpheus collumianus Stimpson, 1860 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus compressus Banner & Banner, 1981 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus coutierei De Man, 1909 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus cristatus Coutière, 1897 |
Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900 |
Dotted snapping shrimp | Eastern Pacific and the Atlantic | 2 |
| Alpheus crockeri (Armstrong, 1941) |
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Alpheus cyanoteles Yeo & Ng, 1996 |
Asia-Inland Water | 3.11 | |
| Alpheus cylindricus Kingsley, 1878 |
Cylindrical snapping shrimp | Eastern Pacific and the Atlantic | |
| Alpheus cythereus Banner & Banner, 1966 |
Pacific Ocean | ||
| Alpheus davaoensis Chace, 1988 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus dentipes Guérin-Méneville, 1832 |
Eastern Central Atlantic, Mediterranean and Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus deuteropus Hilgendorf, 1879 |
Petroglyph shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus digitalis de Haan, 1844 |
Forceps snapping shrimp | Indo-West Pacific | |
| Alpheus dispar Randall, 1840 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus dissodontonotus Stebbing, 1915 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus djeddensis Coutière, 1897 |
Djeddah snapping shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus djiboutensis De Man, 1909 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus edamensis De Man, 1888 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus ehlersii De Man, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984 |
Estuarine snapping shrimp | Western Atlantic | 1.4 |
| Alpheus euchirus Dana, 1852 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus eulimene De Man, 1909 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897 |
Nymph snapping shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus facetus De Man, 1908 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus fasciatus Lockington, 1878 |
Eastern Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus fascinatus Lockington, 1878 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus fasqueli Anker, 2001 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus felgenhaueri Kim & Abele, 1988 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 |
Sand snapping shrimp | Eastern Pacific and the Atlantic | |
| Alpheus foresti Banner & Banner, 1981 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850 |
Striped snapping shrimp | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Alpheus frontalis Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus funafutensis Borradaile, 1898 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus galapagensis Sivertsen, 1933 |
Eastern Pacific | 1.51 | |
| Alpheus glaber (Olivi, 1792) |
Red snapping shrimp | Eastern Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860 |
Daisy snapping shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1862 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus grahami Abele, 1975 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Alpheus hailstonei Coutière, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus hebes Kim & Abele, 1988 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818 |
Bigclaw snapping shrimp | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Alpheus hippothoe De Man, 1888 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus hoonsooi Kim & Abele, 1988 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Alpheus hoplites Nobili, 1906 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus hortensis Wicksten & McClure, 2003 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus hyphalus Chace, 1988 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus immaculatus Knowlton & Keller, 1983 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus inca Wicksten & Méndez, 1981 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Alpheus intrinsecus Bate, 1888 |
Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Alpheus japonicus Miers, 1879 |
Japanese snapping shrimp | Western Pacific | |
| Alpheus karplusi Anker, 2022 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus lacertosus Kim & Abele, 1988 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Alpheus ladronis Banner, 1956 |
Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus lanceostylus (Banner, 1959) |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Alpheus leptochirus Coutière, 1906 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus leviusculus Dana, 1852 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1850 |
Brownbar snapping shrimp | Eastern and Central Mediterranean and entire Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus longecarinatus Hilgendorf, 1878 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus longinquus Kim & Abele, 1988 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Alpheus longipalma Komai & Ohtomi, 2018 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1829 |
Coral snapping shrimp | Indo-Pacific | 2.7 |
| Alpheus luiszapatai Ramos-Tafur, 2018 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Alpheus lutosus Anker & De Grave, 2009 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus macellarius Chace, 1988 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835) |
Red pistol shrimp | Southwest Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Alpheus macroskeles Alcock & Anderson, 1894 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus maindroni Coutière, 1898 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus malabaricus (Fabricius, 1775) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852 |
Hammerclaw snapping shrimp | Eastern Pacific and the Atlantic | |
| Alpheus malleodigitus (Bate, 1888) |
Hammer-finger shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus microrhynchus De Man, 1897 |
Giant mangrove snapping shrimp | Western Central Pacific | |
| Alpheus microscaphis (Banner, 1959) |
Pacific Ocean | ||
| Alpheus microstylus (Bate, 1888) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus millsae Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2007 |
Eastern Central Pacific | 4.18 | |
| Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus mohammadpouri Dehghani, Sari & Naderloo, 2019 |
Endemic to Persian Gulf | 0.83 | |
| Alpheus naranjo Anker, 2018 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus nobili Banner & Banner, 1966 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus nonalter Kensley, 1969 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus normanni Kingsley, 1878 |
Green snapping shrimp | Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic | |
| Alpheus notabilis Stebbing, 1915 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus novaezealandiae Miers, 1876 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus nuttingi (Schmitt, 1924) |
Western Atlantic | 3.68 | |
| Alpheus oahuensis (Banner, 1953) |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus ochrostriatus Karplus, Szlep & Tsurnamal, 1981 |
Fine-striped shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus ovaliceps Coutière, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus packardii Kingsley, 1880 |
Western Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus paludicola Kemp, 1915 |
Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus panamensis Kingsley, 1878 |
Eastern Pacific and Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881 |
Smoothclaw snapping shrimp | Circumtropical | |
| Alpheus paradentipes Coutière, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus paralcyone Coutière, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus parasocialis Banner & Banner, 1982 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus pareuchirus Coutière, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus parvus De Man, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus peasei (Armstrong, 1940) |
Orangetail snapping shrimp | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Alpheus percyi Coutière, 1905 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus perezi Coutière, 1908 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus perplexus Banner, 1956 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus platydactylus Coutière, 1897 |
Eastern Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus platyunguiculatus (Banner, 1953) |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus polystictus Knowlton & Keller, 1985 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus polyxo De Man, 1909 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus proseuchirus De Man, 1908 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus pustulosus Banner & Banner, 1968 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Alpheus quasirapacida Chace, 1988 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus ramosportoae Soledade, Terossi, Scioli, Mantelatto & Almeida, 2019 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Alpheus randalli Banner & Banner, 1980 |
Randall's snapping shrimp | Pacific Ocean | |
| Alpheus rapacida De Man, 1908 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798 |
Marbled snapping shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus rectus Kim & Abele, 1988 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus ribeiroae Anker & Dworschak, 2004 |
Eastern Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus ridleyi Pocock, 1890 |
Western Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus romensky Burukovsky, 1990 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Alpheus roseodigitalis Nomura & Anker, 2005 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus rostratus Kim & Abele, 1988 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Alpheus schmitti Chace, 1972 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus schubarti Anker, 2024 |
Southwest Atlantic | 0.45 | |
| Alpheus serenei Tiwari, 1963 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus simus (Guérin-Méneville, 1855) |
Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Alpheus sizou Banner & Banner, 1967 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus soela Banner & Banner, 1987 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus spatulatus Banner & Banner, 1968 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus splendidus Coutière, 1897 |
Splendid snapping shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897 |
Bristle snapping shrimp | Indo-West Pacific | |
| Alpheus stanleyi Coutière, 1908 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus staphylinus Coutière, 1908 |
Indo-Pacific | ||
| Alpheus stephensoni Banner & Smalley, 1969 |
Clicker | Western Central Pacific | |
| Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852 |
Snowflake snapping shrimp | Indo-Pacific | |
| Alpheus sulcatus Kingsley, 1878 |
Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus suluensis Chace, 1988 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus talismani Coutière, 1898 |
Eastern Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus thomasi Hendrix & Gore, 1973 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus thompsoni Anker, 2022 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Alpheus tricolor Anker, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus triphopus Nobili, 1906 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Alpheus utriensis Ramos & von Prahl, 1989 |
Eastern Central Pacific | 2.48 | |
| Alpheus vanderbilti Boone, 1930 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus villosus (Olivier, 1811) |
Indo-West Pacific | 0.22 | |
| Alpheus viridari (Armstrong, 1949) |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus viserion Anker, Leray & Pachelle, 2021 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus waltervadi Kensley, 1969 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880 |
Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic | ||
| Alpheus xanthocarpus Anker, Hurt & Knowlton, 2007 |
Eastern Central Atlantic | 1.82 |