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Alpheus rapacida

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Alpheus rapacida is a species in the family Alpheidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about Alpheus rapacida

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Alpheus rapacida live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Alpheus rapacida as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Greece
  2. Israel
  3. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Alpheus rapacida endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Alpheus rapacida classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyAlpheidae
  6. genusAlpheus
  7. SpeciesAlpheus rapacida De Man, 1908

Synonyms Alpheus rapax

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • ニセオニテッポウエビJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Alpheus rapacida

Other species in the same genus Alpheus.

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Common questions

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Is Alpheus rapacida an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Alpheus rapacida as introduced in 3 countries: Greece, Israel and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Alpheus rapacida?

Alpheus rapacida (Alpheus rapacida) belongs to the family Alpheidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Alpheus rapacida (Alpheus rapacida). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/alpheus-rapacida

MLA

“Alpheus rapacida (Alpheus rapacida).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/alpheus-rapacida.

BibTeX
@misc{alpheus_rapacida_2026,
  title = {Alpheus rapacida (Alpheus rapacida)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/alpheus-rapacida},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}