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 buckupi Almeida, Terossi, Araújo-Silva and Mantelatto, 2013 ( Fig. 3 ) Material examined. Brazil — Maranhão : 1 ♂ (CL 7.54 mm ), 1 ♀ (CL 8.67 mm , CL 7.58 mm ), CCDB 6699 , São Luís , estuário rio Bacanga , 02°31’50”S 44°18’29”W , colls. J.N. Teles and N.F . França , 05.xii.2019 ; 2 ♂ ( 4.64 mm , 4.85 mm ), 1 ♀ (CL 3.66 mm ), CCDB 6700 , praia da Ponta d’Areia , 02°29’36”S 44°18’22”W , colls. J.N. Teles and N.F . França , 12.xii.2019 . Comparative material . Brazil — Pernambuco : 1 ♂ 1 ♀ , paratypes , CCDB 3966 ), Recife , 08°04’12,15”S 34°52’19,11”W , colls. A.O. Almeida , R . J.C. Paiva and F.S. Santana , 19.viii.2008 . — Espírito Santo : 3 ♂ , CCDB 4519 , Piúma , 20°50’40.5”S 40°43’24.9”W , colls. F.L. Carvalho , D.F. Peiró and R . Robles , 15.vi.2012 . — São Paulo : 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 4883 , São Sebastião , 23°48’78.1”S 45°24’46.9”W , colls. F.L. Mantelatto and L.M. Pardo , 10.ix.2013 . Distribution. Western Atlantic— Guadeloupe , Venezuela (Orinoco Delta), Brazil ( Pará , Maranhão , Ceará , Rio Grande do Norte , Pernambuco , Alagoas , Sergipe , Bahia , São Paulo ). Eastern Atlantic — São Tomé and Príncipe ( Almeida et al., 2018 ; present study). Figure 3. Alpheus buckupi Almeida, Terossi, Araújo-Silva and Mantelatto, 2013 . 1♂, CL 7.54 mm, CCDB 6699. Photo: Jeniffer Teles. Remarks . Despite the occurrences in the states of Pará and Ceará , this is the first time that the geographical occurrence of Al. buckupi is reported in the state of Maranhão . GenBank accession numbers . CCDB 6699: COI (OQ108489), 16S (OQ110587; OQ110588); CCDB 6700: COI (OQ108490); 16S (OQ110589).