Alope spinifrons

{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}

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| taxon = Alope spinifrons

| authority = (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)

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Alope spinifrons is a species of shrimp in the family Hippolytidae, the broken-back shrimps.{{cite WoRMS|last=De Grave|first=Sammy|year=2022|title=Alope spinifrons (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)|id=515212|access-date=4 October 2024}} It is widely distributed in New Zealand.{{cite journal|last1=Hayward|first1=Bruce W.|last2=Morley|first2=Margaret|last3=Stephenson|first3=A. Brett|last4=Blom|first4=Wilma|last5=Grenfell|first5=Hugh R.|last6=Prasad|first6=Ramola|title=Marine biota of the North Taranaki coast, New Zealand|journal=Tane|volume=37|pages=171–199|year=1999|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256456455_Marine_biota_of_the_north_Taranaki_coast_New_Zealand|via=ResearchGate}}{{cite thesis |last=Yaldwyn |first=John Cameron |title=The New Zealand Natant Decapod Crustacea; Systematics, Distribution and Relationships |degree=Doctoral |publisher=Victoria University of Wellington |author-link=John Yaldwyn |year=1959 |quote=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 [...]|url=https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/29973}}