Decapod crustaceans from the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil: an updated checklist of marine and estuarine species, with 23 new records
Author
Pachelle, Paulo P. G.
Author
Anker, Arthur
Author
Mendes, Cecili B.
Author
Bezerra, Luis E. A.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4131
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journal article
38707
10.11646/zootaxa.4131.1.1
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Ambidexter symmetricus
Manning & Chace, 1971
(
Figure 18
)
Ambidexter symmetricus
Manning & Chace 1971
: 3
, figs. 1–2.
Material examined
.
Brazil
, Ceará:
1 male
, LIMCE-UFC 692, Icapuí, Praia de Requenguela, Banco dos Cajuais, in sea grass beds, coll. C.B. Mendes,
03.vi.2012
[fcn 12-054].
Distribution
. Western Atlantic:
USA
(Florida), Caribbean Sea,
Brazil
(Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco,
Bahia
, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina) (
Christoffersen 1998
;
Riul
et al.
2008
;
Almeida & Bezerra 2011
; Almeida
et al.
2012; present study).
Remarks
.
Ambidexter symmetricus
, the only Atlantic representative of the genus, is widespread in
Brazil
, but appears to be rather uncommon or at least difficult to collect due to its cryptic, possibly nocturnal habits.