Hamalpheus acanthops, new genus, new species, a stygiophilic alpheid shrimp from a Samoan lava tube

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node on Aug 19, 2026 Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node
Publication date:
19 August 2026
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Description

Alpheid shrimps are abundant in marine habitats, particularly in the tropics and on coral reefs. Few occur in brackish or fresh waters and their occurrence in troglobitic situations is particularly rare. Potamalpheops stygicola (Hobbs, 1973) has been reported from a fresh-water cave in Mexico and two species of Metabetaeus, M. lohena Banner and Banner, 1960, and M. minutus (Whitelegge, 1897) occur in anchialine lava and coral pools (Holthuis, 1986). The present shrimp appears to be the first alpheid shrimp to be found in a marine lava tube.

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Bruce A J, Iliffe T M (2026). Hamalpheus acanthops, new genus, new species, a stygiophilic alpheid shrimp from a Samoan lava tube. Version 1.2. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Occurrence dataset. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=obisschema_hamalpheus_acanthops&v=1.2

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

A. J. Bruce
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
Division of Natural Sciences, Northern Territory Museum
Darwin
NT
AU
Thomas M. Iliffe
  • Originator
Department of Marine Biology, Texa A&M University Mitchell Campus
Galverston
Tx
US

Geographic Coverage

Upolo Island, Samoa

Bounding Coordinates South West [-14.056, -172.078], North East [-13.78, -171.4]

Taxonomic Coverage

Alpheid shrimp

Family Alpheidae

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Bruce, A.J. and Iliffe, T.M., 1991. Hamalpheus acanthops, new genus, new species, a stygiophilic alpheid shrimp from a Samoan lava tube. Journal of Crustacean Biology, pp.583-593.

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Acknowledgements
Alternative Identifiers 8d7648f1-ec53-4723-9e5c-cf8cf20a7790
https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=obisschema_hamalpheus_acanthops