The marine and estuarine shrimps of the Palaemoninae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from Brazil Author Ferreira, Rodrigo Simões Author Vieira, Rony Roberto Ramos Author D’Incao, Fernando text Zootaxa 2010 2606 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.197695 43b17707-de66-484b-884a-a8a2a1acb37d 1175-5326 197695 Macrobrachium carcinus ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) Cancer Carcinus Linnaeus, 1758 : 631 . Palaemon carcinus Weber, 1795 : 94 . Macrobrachium jamaicense Pearse, 1915 : 551 ; Sawaya, 1946 : 402 . Macrobrachium carcinus Hedgpeth, 1949 : 31 ; Holthuis, 1950a : 13 , 1950c: 31, 1952: 114; Chace, 1972 : 20 ; Anderson & Fillingame, 1980 : 91 ; Ramos-Porto, 1980 : 295 ; Ramos-Porto & Palácios, 1981 : 281 ; Williams, 1984 : 68 ; Abele & Kim, 1986 : 14 ; Bond-Buckup & Buckup, 1989 : 889 , 1999: 312; Ramos-Porto & Coelho, 1998 : 332 ; Bowles et al. , 2000 : 160 ; Melo, 2003 : 348 ; Nizinski, 2003 : 103 . Material examined. PARAÍBA: Tamandaré, Rio Mamuçaba, 1 male , (FURG-1282); ALAGOAS: Mundaú, 1 female (MZUSP-7137); Mundaú, 1 ovigerous female, (MZUSP-7138); Maceió, 1 ovigerous female, (MNRJ- 1093); Atalaia, 1 male , (MNRJ-15375); Alagoas, 1 male , 1 female , 1 indeterminate, (MNRJ-876); BAHIA : Ilhéus, Rio Cachoeira, 1 male , (MNRJ-2454); Rio Paraguassu, 2 males , 1 indeterminate, (MNRJ-2677); Itapetinga, 4 males , (MNRJ-887); RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio Muriaé, 1 male , (MZUSP-1918); Rio de Janeiro, 3 males , 1 female , (MNRJ-2680); Rio de Janeiro, estrada Barra de Guaratiba, 1 male , (MNRJ-874); Rio de Janeiro, Ribeirão na Gávea, 1 male , (MNRJ-2673); Jurujuba, 1 female , 2 ovigerous female, (MNRJ-2671); Maricá, 3 males , 3 females , (MNRJ-2285); Marica, 3 males , 3 ovigerous female, (MNRJ-2286); Parati, Fazenda Laranjeiras, 1 male , 2 females , (MNRJ-1092); Santa Cruz, 2 males , (MNRJ-2679); Rio Bonito, 1 male , (MNRJ-2675); São Fidelis, Rio Paraíba do Sul, 1 male , 2 females , (MZUSP-10290); SÃO PAULO : Peruíbe, 1 male , 1 female , (MZUSP-15809); São Sebastião, 1 female , (MZUSP-13593); Piassaguera, 1 male , (MZUSP-715); Ilha de Búzios, 1 male , (MZUSP-1915); Ilha de Búzios, 1 female , (MZUSP-9645); Cananéia, Rio Branco, 1 male , (MZUSP-13930); Rio Perequê, Juréia Itatins, 1 male , (MZUSP-13919); Peruíbe, ( 24°23’09”S , 47°01’07”W ), 3 males , (MZUSP-15805); São Sebastião, 1 male , (MZUSP-717); São Sebastião, Bela Vista, 1 male , (MZUSP-16052); São Sebastião, 1 male , (MZUSP-225); São Sebastião, 2 males , 3 females , (MZUSP-247); São Sebastião, 2 females , 1 ovigerous female, (MZUSP-226); Rio Paraíba, 1 male , (MZUSP-13844); Ilha Bela, Rio do Curral, 1 male , 1 female , (MZUSP-16069); Ilha Bela, Rio Cocaia, 1 male , 1 female , (MZUSP-16059); Rio Mococa, ( 23°33’01,7”S , 45°17’56,3”W ), 1 male , (MZUSP-16038); São Paulo, 1 male , 1 female , (MZUSP-16047); São Vicente , Serra do Mar, 3 indeterminate, (MZUSP-13592); Bertioga, Praia de Guaratuba, 1 male , (MZUSP-12131); Itanhaen, 1 female , (MZUSP-716); Ubatuba, 2 males , 1 female , (MZUSP-9845); Ubatuba, 1 male , (MZUSP-712); Ubatuba, Rio do Ouro, 1 male , (MZUSP-15971); Rio Tietê, 1 male , (MZUSP-718); Registro, 2 females , (MZUSP-1916); Registro, 1 male , (MZUSP-6188); Cubatão, 1 male , (MZUSP-1437); Sorocaba, Rio Branco, 1 female , (MNRJ-1090); SANTA CATARINA: Santa Catarina, 1 male , (MZUSP-5964); Santa Catarina, 1 female , (MZUSP-5965); Santa Catarina, 1 female , (MZUSP-5966); Joinville, 1 male , 1 female , (MNRJ-885); RIO GRANDE DO SUL: Canal São Gonçalo, 1 ovigerous female, (FURG-3070); Canal São Gonçalo, 2 males , (FURG-3062); Canal São Gonçalo, 1 male , (FURG-3075). Diagnosis. Rostrum straight, reaching or overreaching antennular peduncle, but not reaching end of scaphocerite, dorsal margin with 11 to 14 teeth equally distributed, first 4 to 6 teeth behind orbit, ventral margin with 3 or 4 teeth. Second pair of pereopods equal in shape and size, with carpus distinctly shorter than merus, fingers that not pubescence and not gaping when closed. Distribution. Western Atlantic Ocean: USA (Florida, Mississipi, Texas), Mexico , Guatemala , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Cuba , Jamaica , Puerto Rico , Virgin Islands , Guadeloupe , Saint Lucia , St. Vicente and Grenadines , Barbados , Colombia , Venezuela , Guiana , Suriname , Brazil (Pará, Piauí, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul).