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Vol. 62, 2023
(update: 2023.12.13)
Revision of Salmoneus cristatus (Coutière,
1897) and allied forms (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae)
Hossein
Ashrafi1,* , Arthur Anker2,3, and Zdeněk Ďuriš1
doi:doi:10.6620/ZS.2023.62-53
1Department
of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava,
Chittussiho 10, CZ-71000, Ostrava, Czech Republic. *Correspondence:
E-mail: ashrafi.hossein.s@gmail.com (Ashrafi)
E-mail: zdenek.duris@osu.cz (Ďuriš)
2Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of
Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. E-mail:
arthuranker7@gmail.com (Anker)
3Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Departamento de
Ecologia, Zoologia e Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Campus
Universitário Capão do Leão, RS, 96010-610, Brazil
(Received 28 June 2022 / Accepted 4
September 2023 / Published 13 December 2023)
Communicated by Ka Hou Chu
Salmoneus cristatus (Coutière,
1897) is one of the first described species in the alpheid genus Jousseaumea Coutière,
1897, a name later invalidated and replaced by Salmoneus Holthuis,
1955. The species was described based on material from Djibouti and was
initially characterised by the presence of a pronounced, posteriorly
extending carina on the mid-dorsal line of the carapace, a
shoulder-like elevationof the orbital hoods, and a red-banded colour
pattern. Relying mainly on morphological features, various authors
reported S. cristatus
from several localities in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea to
southern China and Australia. However, recently collected material
attributable to S. cristatus
on morphological grounds allowed for the combination of morphological
characters, molecular data and colour patterns, demonstrating the
existence of at least four species under the name of S. cristatus, including three
species that are morphologically similar to, but phylogenetically
distant from S. cristatus s.
str. Therefore, S. cristatus is
redescribed herein based on recent material from Saudi Arabia and Iran,
as well as older material from Israel and Madagascar, with designation
of a neotype from the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. Three new species,
viz. S. paracristatus sp.
nov., S. franseni sp. nov.,
and S. alius sp.
nov., are described based on recent material from Papua New Guinea for
the former two species, and New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and the
Solomon Islands for the latter species. However, at least two of these
new species seem to have wider distributions in the Indo-West Pacific.
Key words: Marine biodiversity,
Alpheid shrimps, Salmoneus,
Phylogeny, Indo-West Pacific, New species
Citation: Ashrafi H, Anker A, Ďuriš Z.
2023. Revision of Salmoneus cristatus
(Coutière, 1897) and allied forms (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) using
integrative taxonomy. Zool Stud 62:53.
doi:10.6620/ZS.2023.62-53.
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