Alpheus novaezealandiae — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Alpheidae/Alpheus

At a glance

Occurrence records412

Data sources6

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Alpheus novaezealandiae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility296 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System116 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS412 records

01Narrative

Alpheus novaezealandiae is a species of shrimp in the family Alpheidae, found in Australasia. A. novaezelandiae is found around the coasts of New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Australia, where it lives under rocks from the intertidal zone to a depth of 25 m. It is a large species, growing to a length of 68 mm, and is dark in colouration.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type412 records

Wild obs. + sensor225

Museum / vouchered187

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO656 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit35

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 5.5 m · max 46.5 m · 35 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 87≤1 km 28≤10 km 11>10 km 2

128 georeferenced · 97 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor225

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy64% within 1 km

≤100 m 16≤1 km 29≤10 km 23>10 km 2

70 georeferenced · 117 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence187

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 12 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Sydney, AU	23
Museums Victorialocation not on record	19
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	15
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	10
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record	10
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	9
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	7
Auckland, NZ	4
Natick, US	3
Cambridge, US	2
Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record	2
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)location not on record	1

12 institutions · 105 of 187 vouchered records shown