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Alpheus clippertoni ( Schmitt ) 
For full citation see Banner and Banner 
(1964:89). 
LOCALITIES: Tonga: 4 specimens from BT 
17. Samoa: 2 specimens from BAS 12; 2, BBS 
11; 3, BP 4; 1, BP 16. 
Alpheus macro chirus Richters 
Alpheus macro chirus Richters, 1880. Meeres- 
fauna der Insel Mauritius und der Sey- 
chelles Decapoda, p. 164, taf. 17, figs. 
31-33. 
LOCALITY: Fiji: 1 specimen from BF 20. 
Alpheus lottini Guerin 
For full citation see Banner and Banner 
(1964:88). 
LOCALITIES: Fiji: 3 specimens from BF 1; 
1, BF 8; 3, BF 9; 2, BF 10; 1, BF 12; 2, BF 
13; 2, BF 15. Tonga: 1 specimen from BT 5; 
8, BT 9. Samoa: 6 specimens from BAS 2; 
1, BAS 5; 6, BAS 10; 9, BAS 12; 2, BAS 14; 
2, BBS 1; 1, BBS 7; 2, BBS 10; 2, BBS 11; 
2, BP 1; 5, BP 11; 5, BP 13- 
Alpheus gracilis Heller 
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861. K. Akad. Wiss. 
Wien, Sitzung. 44(1) : 27 1, taf. 3, figs. 
19 - 20 . 
LOCALITIES: Tonga: 1 specimen (collection 
data lost). Samoa: 3 specimens (collection data 
lost); 5, BP 8. 
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana 
Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852^. U. S. 
Explor. Exped. 13: 550, pi. 35, fig. 2. De 
Man, 1902. Senckenb. Naturf. Gesell, Ab- 
handl. 25:886, pi. 27, fig. 63. 
nec Alpheus acutofemoratus Spence Bate, 
1888. Challenger Rpts. 24:545, pi. 97, 
fig. 2. 
Alpheus parabrevipes Coutiere, 1898^. Soc. 
Ent. France, Bull. 1898(6): 151, fig. 2. 
LOCALITIES: Fiji: 2 specimens from BF 4. 
Tonga: 2 specimens from BT 8; 3, BT 9; 3, 
BT 12. Samoa: 2 specimens from BBS 1; 8, 
BBS 2; 1, BBS 7; 7, BBS 9; 1, BBS 10; 1, BP 
3; 2, BP 9; 37, BP 14. 
DISCUSSION: These specimens agree almost 
perfectly with the description given by de Man 
except that in only one does the small chela 
bear a trace of the longitudinal groove he de- 
scribed, and the second carpal article of the 
second legs is usually about 3 times the length 
of the first, instead of about 2.5 times as long. 
Possibly also the large and small chela bear 
more dense hair, but de Man’s description is a 
little ambiguous on that point. 
Alpheus tungii sp. nov. 
type specimen: A male 15.5 mm long 
(carapace length 5.5 mm) collected from the 
south coast of Tongatabu, Tonga, in head of 
dead and overgrown Acropora, at outer edge 
of fringing reef near surge channel, on March 
31, 1954 by A. H. Banner. Only specimen 
known. 
DESCRIPTION: Body sturdy and covered on 
almost all parts, including the carapace, ab- 
dominal terga, dorsal side of telson, and larger 
appendages, with scattered fine setae; setae no- 
where dense enough to obscure form of exo- 
skeleton. 
Anterior portion of carapace bearing a low 
rounded medial crest extending from tip of 
rostrum to middle of carapace, carina not bear- 
ing tooth. Rostrum triangular with concave 
margins, tip reaching about two-thirds length 
of first antennular article; lateral margins bear- 
ing three strong setae; rostrum and anterior 
carapace depressed when seen in lateral view. 
Orbital hoods inflated, rounded, demarked from 
surrounding carapace, and carrying on medial 
surface, above frontal edge of carapace, strong 
teeth which reach about half length of rostrum. 
Orbital hoods bearing setae only around mar- 
gins, hood not fully transparent because of 
scattered opaque limy spots (in preservative); 
eyes black, of normal size and development. 
Stylocerite short, broad, with tip of tooth 
not reaching beyond end of first antennular 
article. Second antennular article with low 
rounded lateral crest; article 1.5 times as long 
as broad, about equal in length to basal article, 
and 1.4 times length of distal article. Basicerite 
heavy with strong lateral spine reaching beyond 
middle of second antennular article. Scapho- 
