Alope (crustacean)
| Alope | |
|---|---|
| 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.