Shallow-water stenopodidean and caridean shrimps from Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil: new records and updated checklist
Author
Soledade, Guidomar O.
Author
Fonseca, Mytalle S.
Author
Almeida, Alexandre O.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3905
1
journal volume
10.11646/zootaxa.3905.1.3
5629b484-66c4-4c54-8996-af0744eac849
1175-5326
244578
E7DEECAF-96C5-48E1-8396-3B7063ECA841
Synalpheus
cf.
brevicarpus
(
Herrick, 1891
)
(
Fig. 3
G)
Material examined.
1 n-ov. female, 1 ov. female, Ilha de Santa Bárbara (
17°57'30”S
38°42'23”W
), coll. R.M.C. Barbosa & L.M. Fernandes,
03.ix.
2013
, 10 m, in sponge,
UESC
1562.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic—Bermuda, Florida,
Bahamas
, West Indies,
Panama
, and
Brazil
(Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul) (
Christoffersen 1979
,
1998
; Bezerra & Coelho 2006).
Previous records from Abrolhos.
R/V Calypso, Sta. 84, south coast of Ilha de Santa Bárbara (
18°18’S
38°53’W
), 0.8 m; R/V Calypso, Sta. 89 (
18°18.5’S
38°53’W
),
38 m
(
Christoffersen 1979
).
Remarks.
Synalpheus brevicarpus
is a transisthmian species complex, which includes several cryptic species in the western Atlantic (Almeida
et al.
2012; Anker
et al.
2012;
Hultgren
et al.
2014
).