Alope (crustacean)
Alope | |
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Alope spinifrons | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Hippolytidae |
Genus: | Alope White, 1847 |
Species | |
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Alope is a genus of shrimp in the family Hippolytidae, comprising two species:
- Alope orientalis is widely distributed across the Indo-West Pacific.
- Alope spinifrons is endemic to New Zealand, and is found throughout that country's coasts.
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