Alpheus rudolphi spec. nov., a new snapping shrimp from northeastern Brazil (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae)

A.O. Almeida, A. Anker

Alexandre Oliveira Almeida, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Rodovia Ilhéus-Itabuna, km 16, 45662-900 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil, aalmeida@uesc.br

Arthur Anker, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, USA, aanker@flmnh.ufl.edu

Keywords: Caridea; Alpheidae; Alpheus; cryptic species; snapping shrimp; West Atlantic; Alagoas; Brazil.