Checklist of decapods (Crustacea) from the coast of São Paulo State (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: II. Infraorder Caridea: family Alpheidae
Author
Almeida, Alexandre O.
Author
Terossi, Mariana
Author
Buranelli, Raquel C.
Author
Castilho, Antonio L.
Author
Costa, Rogério C.
Author
Zara, Fernando J.
Author
Mantelatto, Fernando L.
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-07-25
4450
3
331
358
journal article
29205
10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.2
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Alpheus floridanus
Kingsley, 1878a
Alpheus floridanus
Kingsley, 1878a
: 193
.
Material examined.
None.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic—USA (Florida), Gulf of
Mexico
, Caribbean Sea,
Brazil
(Bracken-Grissom & Felder 2014).
Previous records.
Ubatuba (
Costa
et al
. 2000
, as
A. floridanus
;
Mantelatto
et al
. 2016
, as
A.
cf.
floridanus
); São Sebastião Island (Municipality of Ilhabela) (
Christoffersen 1979, as
A. floridanus
); São Sebastião Channel (
Christoffersen 1979
, as
A. floridanus
;
Pires-Vanin
et al
. 1997
, as
A. floridanus
); locality not mentioned (
Christoffersen 1982
).
Remarks.
According to Bracken-Grissom & Felder (2014), the
A. floridanus
complex is composed of
A. floridanus
,
A. roblesi
Bracken-Grissom & Felder, 2014
,
A. ulalae
Bracken-Grissom & Felder, 2014
,
A. hephaestus
Bracken-Grissom & Felder, 2014
, and
A. platycheirus
Boone, 1927
. At least two species of the
A. floridanus
complex occur in
Brazil
:
A. floridanus
s.s.
and
A. platycheirus
Boone, 1927
(Bracken-Grissom & Felder 2014). Previous records of
A. floridanus
from
São Paulo
may correspond to any of these species and must be treated with caution. This material is unavailable and, therefore, it could not be assigned to any of the species within the complex. In the collections of the Biota-FAPESP Program, we have obtained only specimens of
A. platycheirus
(see below). However, we rather not reject the possibility of the occurrence of
A. floridanus
s.s.
until a broader morphological and genetic analysis is performed. Moreover,
A. floridanus
has been collected near the coast of
São Paulo
(Bracken-Grissom & Felder 2014).