Synalpheus anasimus Chace, 1972
Synalpheus anasimus is a Caribbean snapping shrimp in the Gambarelloides species group within the genus Synalpheus. Known from Caribbean Mexico and Cuba.
Synalpheus anasimus is a member of the Gambarelloides species group within the genus Synalpheus. Type locality: Bahía de la Ascensión, Quintana Roo, Mexico (Chace 1972), types stored at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM). Holotype: USNM 135367, allotype: none.
Synalpheus anasimus lives in coral reefs; collected from coral rubble (Chace 1972).
Synalpheus anasimus has been collected from coral rubble (Chace 1972); host associations unknown.
Zuzalpheus anasimus (Rios and Duffy 2007).
Sequenced in Morrison et al. 2004 (as anasPA01); sequences available in GenBank for 16S mtDNA (AY344735 ) and COI mtDNA (AY344682).
Western Atlantic: East coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (Chace 1972); Cuba (Martinez-Iglesias and Garcia-Raso 1999).