New records of the shrimp-like decapods Alpheus angulosus, Alpheus buckupi, and Axianassa australis from Maranhão, Brazil Author Mantelatto, Jeniffer N. Teles Fernando L. text Nauplius 2023 e 2023022 2023-11-13 31 1 13 https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2023022 journal article 10.1590/2358-2936e2023022 2358-2936 14665443 7BD7AB63-7336-4C7B-9F66-BA828303C7E1 Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002 ( Fig. 2 ) Material examined. Brazil — Maranhão : 1 ♂ (CL 8.96 mm ), 2 ♀ ov (CL 8.67 mm , CL 9.09 mm ), CCDB 6698 , São José de Ribamar , praia de Araçagi , 02°27’57”S 44°12’08”W , colls. J.N. Teles and N.F . França , 11.xii.2019 . Comparative material . Brazil — Pernambuco : 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 4518 , Ipojuca , praia de Serrambi , 08°33’51.28”S 35°01’34.91”W , colls. F.L. Mantelatto and F.B. Mantelatto , 01.i.2013 ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 7316 , praia de Carneiros , Tamandaré , 08°41’41.17”S 35°04’28.60”W , coll. G.L. Bochini , 10.xii.2017 ; 1 ♀ , CCDB 7317 , rio Massangana , Suape , 08°21’34.49”S 34°57’40.34”W , coll. G.L. Bochini , 27.ix.2019 . Distribution . Western Atlantic — USA ( North Carolina to Florida ), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, French Guyana , Brazil ( Maranhão , Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha Islands, Ceará , Paraíba , Bahia , Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Santa Catarina , Rio Grande do Sul ) ( Almeida et al., 2018 ; present study). Figure 2. Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002 . 1 ♂, CL 8.96 mm, CCDB 6698. Photo: Jeniffer Teles. Remarks . The record presented herein from São José de Ribamar, Maranhão , extends the northern distribution range of the species in Brazil approximately 345 km from its previous occurrence in Barroquinha, Ceará (Pachelle et al., 2016). GenBank accession numbers . CCDB 6698: COI (OQ108486-OQ108488); 16S (OQ110583- OQ110585).