Alope
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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. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZZWnuGc0xlMC&pg=PA119.
- ^ 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. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Sc7i6AL-GewC&pg=PA253.
- ^ 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. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio07Tuat01-t1-body-d5.html.
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