title: Redescription of Alpheus vladivostokiensis (Vinogradov, 1950), a large and conspicuous snapping shrimp from the northern Sea of Japan (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae).
abstract: The poorly described Alpheus vladivostokiensis (Vinogradov, 1950) comb. nov., originally assigned to the genus Betaeus Stimpson, 1860 and hitherto considered as a nomen dubium, is redescribed based on material recently collected in Troitza Bay in the Russian Far East and Hakodate Bay in southern Hokkaido, Japan, as well as older material deposited in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University. Since Vinogradov's material is considered as non-extant, a neotype of A. vladivostokiensis is designated. Alpheus vladivostokiensis is closely related to A. japonicus Miers, 1879, a species occurring in deeper waters of Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan. All previous records of A. japonicus from the Russian Far East are reassigned to A. vladivostokiensis.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Capacitação Institucional, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Campus de Pesquisa, Avenida Perimetral 1901, CEP 66077-830, Terra Firme, Belém, PA, Brazil; Email: arthuranker7@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anker
authors.affiliation: A.N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russian Federation; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Ivan N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Carcinologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, Ipiranga, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, Brazil.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Paulo P G
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Pachelle
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682 Japan.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komai
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D002681:China; D033364:Decapoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D056910:Republic of Korea