Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Athanas areteformis		Indo-Pacific	0.1 CL	1903
Athanas dentirostris		Indo-West Pacific		2001
Athanas dimorphus		Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1894
Athanas djiboutensis	Djibouti snapping shrimp	Indo-Pacific	0.0 CL	1897
Athanas gracilis		Eastern Central Pacific		1935
Athanas grimaldii		Eastern Central Atlantic		1911
Athanas hongkongensis		Northwest Pacific		1990
Athanas indicus		Indo-Pacific	0.1 CL	1903
Athanas iranicus		Western Indian Ocean		2010
Athanas japonicus		Western Central Pacific		1936
Athanas marshallensis		Indo-Pacific	0.1 CL	1955
Athanas mendax		Southwest Pacific		2015
Athanas monikoensis		Indo-Pacific		1905
Athanas nitescens	Hooded shrimp	Southeast Pacific, Atlant		1814
Athanas ornithorhynchus		Western Pacific		1973
Athanas parvus		Indo-Pacific	0.1 CL	1910
Athanas philippei		Indo-Pacific		2022
Athanas phyllocheles		Indo-Pacific		1983
Athanas polymorphus		Indo-West Pacific		1915
Athanas rhothionastes		Indo-Pacific.		1960
Athanopsis australis		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.2 TL	1982
Athanopsis tarahomii		Western Indian Ocean		2014
Automate anacanthopus		Indo-West Pacific		1910
Automate awaji		Indo-West Pacific		2020
Automate branchialis		Mediterranean Sea.		1958
Automate dolichognatha		Pantropical except easter	0.1 CL	1888
Automate evermanni		Western and Eastern Atlan		1901
Automate gardineri		Indo-Pacific and Western		1902
Automate isabelae		Western Central Atlantic		2018
Automate rectifrons		Western Central Atlantic		1972
Bannereus anomalus		Western Central Atlantic		1988
Bannereus chani		Western Central Atlantic		2020
Batella leptocarpus		Western Central Pacific		1988
Batella praecipua		Western Central Pacific		2004
Betaeopsis indica		Indo-West Pacific		1910
Betaeus emarginatus		Southeast Pacific		1837
Betaeus ensenadensis	Mudflat visored shrimp	Eastern Pacific.		1938
Betaeus gracilis	Kelp visored shrimp	Eastern Pacific.		1964
Betaeus harfordi	Abalone visored shrimp	Eastern Pacific.		1878
Betaeus harrimani	Northern hooded shrimp	Eastern Pacific		1904
Betaeus longidactylus	Visored shrimp	Eastern Pacific		1877
Betaeus macginitieae	Urchin visored shrimp	Eastern Pacific.		1964
Betaeus setosus	Fuzzy hooded shrimp	Eastern Pacific.		1964
Betaeus truncatus		Southeast Pacific		1852
Caligoneus cavernicola		Northwest Pacific		2018
Chelomalpheus crangonus		Northwest Pacific		2001
Coronalpheus natator		Northwest Pacific		1999
Crosnierocaris athanasoides		Northwest Pacific		2022
Deioneus sandizelli		Eastern Central Atlantic		2000
Fenneralpheus chacei		Western Central Pacific a		1986
Jengalpheops rufus		Western Central Pacific		2007
Leptalpheus denticulatus		Central Pacific.	4.5 TL	2009
Leptalpheus dworschaki		Western Central Pacific		2009
Leptalpheus felderi		Western Central Atlantic	2.4 TL	2006
Leptalpheus forceps	Forceps shrimp	Western Central Atlantic		1965
Leptalpheus lirai		Western Central Atlantic		2021
Leptalpheus pacificus		Indo-Pacific.		1974
Leslibetaeus coibita		Eastern Central Pacific		2006
Metabetaeus lohena	Anchialine snapping shrimp	To be filled.		1960
Metabetaeus minutus		Southeast Pacific		1897
Metalpheus hawaiiensis	Hawaiian snapping shrimp	To be filled.		1925
Metalpheus paragracilis		Tropical Atlantic and Ind	0.1 CL	1897
Metalpheus rostratipes		Indo-Pacific and Western		1890
Nennalpheus inarticulatus		Western Central Pacific		1981
Nennalpheus sibogae		Western Central Pacific		1910
Neoalpheopsis euryone		Indo-Pacific and Eastern		1910
Pachelpheus pachyacanthus		Indo-Pacific and Eastern		2020
Parabetaeus culliereti		Pacific Ocean.		1897
Parabetaeus euryone		Pacific Ocean.		1910
Parabetaeus hummelincki		Western Atlantic		1936
Pomagnathus corallinus		Western Atlantic		1937
Potamalpheops johnsoni		Western Central Pacific		2003
Potamalpheops kisi		Western Central Pacific		2021
Potamalpheops pininsulae		Western Central Pacific		1992
Potamalpheops tigger	Tigger prawn	Western Central Pacific		1997
Potamalpheops tyrymembe		Southwest Atlantic	0.4 CL	2014
Prionalpheus brachytomeus		Eastern Central Pacific		1971
Prionalpheus gomezi		Eastern Central Pacific		1991
Prionalpheus mortoni		Northwest Pacific		1990
Prionalpheus sulu		Indo-West Pacific		1971
Prionalpheus triarticulatus		Pacific Ocean.		1960
Racilius compressus		Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1875
Richalpheus laeuadigitus		Indo-West Pacific		2022
Richalpheus palmeri		Central Pacific		2006
Rugathanas borradailei		Indo-Pacific	0.2 TL	1903
Rugathanas verrucosus		Western Central Pacific		1960
Salmoneus alpheophilus		Western Central Pacific		2006
Salmoneus arabicus		Western Central Pacific		2022
Salmoneus arubae		Western Central Pacific		1936
Salmoneus auroculatus		Western Central Pacific		2006
Salmoneus babai		Northwest Pacific		1966
Salmoneus brevirostris		Indo-Pacific		1930
Salmoneus caboverdensis		Eastern Central Atlantic		2000
Salmoneus carvachoi		Atlantic Ocean.		2007
Salmoneus colinorum		Western Central Pacific		2004
Salmoneus degravei		Western Central Pacific		2010
Salmoneus depressus		Western Central Pacific		2011
Salmoneus erasimorum		Mediterranean Sea		2000
Salmoneus falcidactylus		Western Central Pacific		2006
Salmoneus farasan		Western Central Pacific		2022
Salmoneus gracilipes		Indo-West Pacific.		1972
Salmoneus kausti		Indo-West Pacific.		2022
Salmoneus kekovae		Mediterranean Sea		2004
Salmoneus mauiensis		Central Pacific	0.0 CL	1930
Salmoneus nhatrangensis		Western Central Pacific		2006
Salmoneus poupini		Central Pacific		2011
Salmoneus pusillus		Western Central Pacific		2006
Salmoneus rocas		Western Central Pacific		2007
Salmoneus rostratus		Indo-West Pacific		1962
Salmoneus serratidigitus		Indo-Pacific	0.1 CL	1896
Salmoneus setosus		Atlantic Ocean		1990
Salmoneus singaporensis		Western Central Pacific		2003
Salmoneus singularis		Western Central Pacific		2021
Salmoneus sketi		Mediterranean Sea		1991
Salmoneus spiridonovi		Mediterranean Sea		2021
Salmoneus teres		Atlantic Ocean		1990
Salmoneus tricristatus		Indo-Pacific.		1959
Salmoneus wehrtmanni		Indo-Pacific.		2010
Salomeus ortmanni		Southwest Atlantic		1898
Synalpheus agelas		Western Atlantic		1979
Synalpheus albatrossi		Indo-Pacific	0.0 CL	1909
Synalpheus amabilis		Western Central Pacific		1910
Synalpheus anasimus		Western Central Atlantic		1972
Synalpheus ancistrorhynchus		Indo-West Pacific		1909
Synalpheus androsi		Western Central Atlantic		1909
Synalpheus antenor		Western Central Pacific	0.1 CL	1910
Synalpheus apioceros	Large claw snapping shrimp	Western Atlantic		1909
Synalpheus barahoensis		Western Central Atlantic		1949
Synalpheus belizensis		Western Central Atlantic		2008
Synalpheus bituberculatus		Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1910
Synalpheus biunguiculatus	Twoclaw snapping shrimp	Pacific Ocean		1860
Synalpheus bocas		Western Central Atlantic		2008
Synalpheus bousfieldi		Western Atlantic		1972
Synalpheus brachyceros		Eastern Central Pacific		1906
Synalpheus brevicarpus		Eastern Pacific and Weste		1891
Synalpheus brevifrons		Western Central Atlantic		1972
Synalpheus brevispinis		Eastern Pacific	0.5 CL	1909
Synalpheus brooksi		Western Atlantic.		1909
Synalpheus carinatus	Carinate snapping shrimp	Western Central Pacific		1888
Synalpheus carpenteri		Western Central Atlantic		2006
Synalpheus chacei		Western Central Atlantic		1998
Synalpheus chaki		Western Central Atlantic		2022
Synalpheus charon	Red-coral pistol shrimp	Indo-Pacific	0.1 CL	1861
Synalpheus comatularum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1882
Synalpheus corallinus		Western Central Atlantic		2009
Synalpheus corbariae		Western Central Atlantic		2022
Synalpheus coutierei		Indo-Pacific		1953
Synalpheus curacaoensis		Western Central Atlantic		1924
Synalpheus dardeaui		Western Central Atlantic		2007
Synalpheus demani	De Man's snapping shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1899
Synalpheus disparodigitus		Western Central Atlantic		1949
Synalpheus dominicensis		Western Central Atlantic		1949
Synalpheus duffyi		Western Central Atlantic		2008
Synalpheus echinus		Eastern Indian Ocean		1975
Synalpheus elizabethae		Western Central Atlantic		2007
Synalpheus filidigitus		Western Central Atlantic		1949
Synalpheus fossor		Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1875
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri	Speckled snapping shrimp	Eastern Pacific and Weste		1909
Synalpheus gambarelloides		Eastern Central Atlantic		1847
Synalpheus goodei		Western Central Atlantic		1909
Synalpheus gracilirostris		Indo-Pacific	0.0 CL	1910
Synalpheus harpagatrus		Indo-West Pacific		1975
Synalpheus hastilicrassus		Indo-West Pacific		1905
Synalpheus heardi		Western Central Atlantic		1984
Synalpheus hemphilli		Western Central Atlantic.		1909
Synalpheus heroni		Indo-Pacific.		1909
Synalpheus herricki		Western Central Atlantic		1909
Synalpheus hoetjesi		Western Central Atlantic		2010
Synalpheus idios		Western Central Atlantic		2007
Synalpheus iocasta		Western Pacific	0.0 CL	1909
Synalpheus irie		Western Central Atlantic		2009
Synalpheus kensleyi		Western Central Atlantic		2007
Synalpheus kuadramanus		Western Central Atlantic		2010
Synalpheus laticeps		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 CL	1905
Synalpheus lockingtoni	Littoral pistol shrimp	Eastern Pacific.		1909
Synalpheus longicarpus		Western Atlantic		1891
Synalpheus lophodactylus		Indo-West Pacific		1908
Synalpheus macclendoni		Western Central Atlantic.		1910
Synalpheus macdonaldi		Western Central Atlantic.		2022
Synalpheus macromanus		Western Central Atlantic.		1925
Synalpheus mcclendoni		Western Central Atlantic		1910
Synalpheus mexicanus		Eastern Pacific	0.4 CL	1909
Synalpheus microneptunus		Eastern Pacific		2011
Synalpheus minus	Minor snapping shrimp	Western Ocean		1818
Synalpheus mulegensis		Western Ocean		1992
Synalpheus neomeris	Spined-rest snapping shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1897
Synalpheus neptunus		Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1852
Synalpheus nilandensis		Indo-Pacific	0.1 CL	1905
Synalpheus nobilii		Indo-Pacific		1909
Synalpheus obtusifrons		Western Central Atlantic		1972
Synalpheus odontophorus		Western Pacific		1909
Synalpheus orapilosus		Western Central Atlantic		2010
Synalpheus pachymeris		Western Central Atlantic		1905
Synalpheus pandionis	Turtlegrass snapping shrimp	Western Atlantic		1909
Synalpheus paraneomeris		Indo-Pacific.	0.1 CL	1905
Synalpheus paraneptunus		Western Central Atlantic.		1909
Synalpheus paulsoni		Western Indian Ocean		1906
Synalpheus pectiniger	Loggerhead snapping shrimp	Western Atlantic Ocean.		1907
Synalpheus peruvianus		Southeast Pacific	0.4 CL	1910
Synalpheus pescadorensis		Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1905
Synalpheus pinkfloydi	Pink floyd pistol shrimp	Western Central Pacific		2017
Synalpheus plumesetosus		Western Central Atlantic		2009
Synalpheus pococki		Eastern Indian Ocean		1898
Synalpheus quadriarticulatus		Western Central Pacific		1975
Synalpheus quadrispinosus		Western Central Pacific	0.1 CL	1910
Synalpheus quinquedens		Western Indian Ocean		1921
Synalpheus rathbunae		Western Atlantic		1909
Synalpheus readi		Eastern Indian Ocean		1972
Synalpheus regalis		Western Central Atlantic	0.4 CL	1996
Synalpheus ruetzleri		Western Central Atlantic		2006
Synalpheus sanctithomae		Western Atlantic		1909
Synalpheus scaphoceris		Western Central Atlantic		1910
Synalpheus sciro		Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1975
Synalpheus septemspinosus		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 CL	1910
Synalpheus spinifrons		Southeast Pacific		1837
Synalpheus stimpsonii	Crinoid snapping shrimp	Indo-West Pacific		1888
Synalpheus streptodactylus	Cymbidium gentle touch orchid	Indo-Pacific		1905
Synalpheus stylopleuron		Eastern Central Pacific		2006
Synalpheus thai		Central Pacific Ocean	0.1 CL	1966
Synalpheus theano		Western Central Pacific	0.1 CL	1910
Synalpheus thele		Western Central Atlantic		2009
Synalpheus townsendi	Townsend snapping shrimp	Western Atlantic	0.5 CL	1909
Synalpheus triacanthus		Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1910
Synalpheus trispinosus		Indo-West Pacific		1910
Synalpheus triunguiculatus		Western Indian Ocean		1875
Synalpheus tropidodactylus		Indo-West Pacific	0.1 CL	1975
Synalpheus tumidomanus		Indo-Pacific and the Medi	0.1 CL	1875
Synalpheus ul		Western Central Atlantic		2007
Synalpheus wickstenae		Eastern Central Pacific		2006
Synalpheus williamsi		Western Central Atlantic		1999
Synalpheus yano		Western Central Atlantic		2007
Thunor simus		Western Atlantic		1855
Vexillipar repandum		Western Central Pacific	1.4 CL	1988

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