Alope spinifrons is a species of shrimp in the family Hippolytidae, the broken-back shrimps.[1] It is widely distributed in New Zealand.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Hippolytidae |
| Genus: | Alope |
| Species: | A. spinifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Alope spinifrons (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
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References
edit- ^ De Grave, Sammy (2022). "Alope spinifrons (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Hayward, Bruce W.; Morley, Margaret; Stephenson, A. Brett; Blom, Wilma; Grenfell, Hugh R.; Prasad, Ramola (1999). "Marine biota of the North Taranaki coast, New Zealand". Tane. 37: 171–199 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Yaldwyn, John Cameron (1959). The New Zealand Natant Decapod Crustacea; Systematics, Distribution and Relationships (Doctoral thesis). Victoria University of Wellington.
Of the seven species which occur in New Zealand, intertidal waters, five (Palaemon affinis, Betaeus aequimanus, Alope spinifrons, Hippolyte multicolorata and Alpheus socialis) appear to be widely distributed throughout the country [...]
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