Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: V. Dendrobranchiata and Pleocyemata [Achelata, Astacidea, Axiidea, Caridea (Alpheoidea and Processoidea excluded), Gebiidea, Stenopodidea]
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Mantelatto, Fernando L.
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Al, Et
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-30
5121
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5121.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5121.1.1
1175-5326
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Scyllarus americanus
(
Smith, 1869
)
Arctus Americanus
Smith, 1869: 119
.
Material examined.
None.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic—
Bermuda
,
USA
(
North Carolina
to Florida), Gulf of Mexico,
Puerto Rico
, Antilles,
Venezuela
, and
Brazil
(
Amapá
, Pará,
Paraíba
,
Pernambuco
,
Alagoas
,
Bahia
,
Espírito Santo
,
Rio de Janeiro
,
São Paulo
) (Verril 1922;
Schmitt 1935
;
Rouse 1970
;
Abele & Kim 1986
;
Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1994
-1995, 1998;
Tavares 1997
;
Melo 1999
;
Coelho
et al.
2007
;
Dall’Occo 2010
).
Remarks.
Previous records from the coast of
São Paulo
include Santos region (
Tavares 1997
;
Dall’Occo 2010
). It is a species found in shallow waters up to
70 m
deep (
Schmitt 1935
;
Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1994
-1995;
Melo 1999
).