Shallow-water caridean shrimps from southern Bahia, Brazil, including the first record of Synalpheus ul (Ríos & Duffy, 2007) (Alpheidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean Author Almeida, Alexandre O. Author Boehs, Guisla Author Araújo-Silva, Catarina L. Author Bezerra, Luis Ernesto A. text Zootaxa 2012 3347 1 35 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.214608 10000391-ec0f-495f-8ee4-61b667fa68e1 1175-5326 214608 Alpheus cf. paracrinitus Miers, 1881 ( Fig. 2 D) Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881 : 365 , pl. 16, fig. 6. Material examined. 1 f, 02.VIII.2008 , Cairú, Moreré Beach, Boipeba Island, MZUESC 1296. Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, West Indies, Panama and Brazil (Paraíba and Espírito Santo). Central Atlantic—Ascension Island . Eastern Atlantic—Cape Verde to Gulf of Guinea and Angola . Eastern Pacific and Indo-West Pacific ( Crosnier & Forest 1966 ; Chace 1972, 1988; Banner & Banner 1982 ; Kim & Abele 1988 ; Manning & Chace 1990 ; Christoffersen 1998 ). Ecological notes. The single specimen was collected in the intertidal zone in crevices of coral rubble, at a salinity of 39 psu. Previous records. None. Remarks. The variation in the color patterns as well as preliminary molecular data indicate that A. paracrinitus , previously considered to be a pantropical species ( Crosnier & Forest 1966 ; Chace 1972, 1988; Banner & Banner 1982 ; Kim & Abele 1988 ), is in fact a species complex ( Knowlton & Mills 1992 ; Anker 2001 ; Williams et al. 2001 ; A. Anker, in study). The single specimen from southern Bahia has narrow reddish transverse bands on the carapace and abdomen and red-brownish-white mottled major chela ( Fig. 2 D). Its taxonomic identity cannot be established until the entire A. paracrinitus complex is revised (A. Anker, pers. comm.)