Diversity, distribution and new records of freshwater and estuarine shrimp in the state of Amapá, eastern Brazilian Amazon region Author Vieira, Inacia Maria 0000-0002-6911-0780 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia (BIONORTE), Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brasil. Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá - IEPA. & inaciavieira 2011 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6911 - 0780 inaciavieira2011@gmail.com Author Silva, Luiz Maurício Abdon Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia (BIONORTE), Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brasil. Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá - IEPA. Author Almeida, Alini Gomes Santiago De 0000-0002-9773-489X alinigsantiago @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9773 - 489 X alinigsantiago@gmail.com Author Almeida, Danilo Pelaes De Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brasil. Author Silva-Júnior, Orleno Marques 0000-0002-1173-1429 orlenomarques @ yahoo. com. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1173 - 1429 orlenomarques@yahoo.com.br Author Tavares-Dias, Marcos Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia (BIONORTE), Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brasil. Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá - IEPA. & Embrapa Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brasil. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-08-24 5178 1 41 71 journal article 129872 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.1.3 6329ab0a-3a78-4998-aae3-bf28b87876bb 1175-5326 7021864 4DECF608-22E1-4049-9271-F20E5E0ECB49 Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers 1878) Examined material. Municipality of Amapá : Sucuriju District , Sucuriju River ( 01°41’35.0”N , 50°00’30.6”W ), 17 males and 23 females ( IEPA 130 ) , idem, ix.1997 , J.O. Cardoso , I.M. Vieira and O.M. Costa , 15 males and 9 females ( IEPA 141 ) ; idem, ix.1997 , J.O. Cardoso , I.M. Vieira and O.M. Costa , 3 males and 5 females ( IEPA 142 ) ; idem, 21.iii.1998 , I.M. Vieira and O.M. Costa and A.C. Sousa , 1 females ( IEPA 164 ) ; xi.1997 , I.M. Vieira , J.O. Cardoso and O.M. Costa , 3 males , 5 females and 6 juveniles ( IEPA 131 ) ; idem ( 01°40’35,7”N , 49°55’53,92W ), xi.1997 , I.M. Vieira , J.O. Cardoso and O.M. Costa , 3 males ( IEPA 175 ) ; idem, xi.1997 , I.M. Vieira , J.O. Cardoso and O.M. Costa , 1 female ( IEPA 197 ) ; Sucuriju River ( 01°40’35.0”N , 50°00’30.6”W ), xi.1997 , I.M. Vieira , J.O. Cardoso and O.M. Costa , 1male ( IEPA 245 ) ; Mouth of Sucuriju River ( 01°40’23.9”N , 49°54’56.7”W ), 22.vii.2002 , I.M. Vieira and O.M. Costa , 6 males , 12 females , 7 juveniles and 5 females with eggs ( IEPA 365 ) , idem, 22.vii.2002 , I.M. Vieira and O.M. Costa , 2 males , 3 females and 2 juveniles ( IEPA 487 ) ; idem ( 01°40’14.6”N , 49°55’21.35”W ), v.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 36 specimens ( IEPA 735 ) ; Sucuriju River ( 1°40’47.26”N , 49°56’33.34”W ), 26.vi.2005 , I.M. Vieira , 4 specimens ( IEPA 1311 ) .— Municipality of Macapá : Wetland Tacacá , ( 00°02’20.7”S , 51°05’35.2”W ), 29.vi.2000 , C. Robds , 4 juveniles ( IEPA 253 ); (00°02’12.25”S, 51°05’49.76”W) ; 19.vii.2002 , D. Filocreão , O.A. Alencar , A.C.R. de Araújo , O.T.C. Arnaud , 1male ( IEPA 363 ); ( 00°02’20.7”S , 51°05’34.7”W ) , 18.vii.2002 , D. Filocreão , O.A. Alencar , A.C.R. de Araújo , O.T.C. Arnaud , 3 males and 5 females ( IEPA 391 ); ( 00º02’17.3”S , 51º05’34.7”W ) , 07.i.2004 , A.C.R. de Araújo , F.J.S. Costa , O.T.C. Arnaud , R.N. G. Mendes , 3 males , 7 females , 1 juvenile and 01 female with eggs ( IEPA 500 ) ; Environmental Protection Area of the Curiaú River , Curralinho , ( 00°07’26.74”N , 51°06’50.18”W ), 08.vi.2002 , I.M. Vieira , O.A. Alencar and O.M. Costa , 1 male and 1 female ( IEPA 336 ); ( 00°08’43.2”N , 51°02’31.9”W ), 19.viii.2002 , D. Filocreão , O.A. Alencar , and O.T.C. Arnaud , 57 males , 2 females and 25 females with eggs ( IEPA 370 ); ( 00°09’23.8”N , 51°02’09.5”W ) , 25.viii.2002 , O.A. Alencar and O.T.C. Arnaud , 3 males , 16 females and 5 juveniles ( IEPA 373 ); ( 00°08’43.83”N , 51°02’31.44”W ) , 31.viii.2002 , I.M. Vieira , 18 males , 11 females and 1 juvenile ( IEPA 462 ); ( 00°08’44.16”N , 51°02’32.77”W ) , 25.ix.2002 , I.M. Vieira , 3 females ( IEPA 476 ) ; igarapé ( 00°15’29”N , 51°03’39”W ), 05.vi.2002 , I.M. Vieira , O.A. Alencar and O.M. Costa , 1 male and 3 females ( IEPA 348 ); ( 00°15’29”N , 51°03’39”W ), 5.vi.2002 , I.M. Vieira , O.A. Alencar and O.M. Costa , 6 males and 10 females ( IEPA 330 ) ; Davi River ( 01°55’52,9”N , 50°51’38,7”W ), 18.VI.2002 , I.M. Vieira , O.A.Alencar and O.M. Costa , 25 juveniles and 3 females with eggs ( IEPA 359 ) ; Wetland Fazendinha ( 00°03’00.27”S , 51°07’00.72”W ), 18.vii.2002 , D. Filocreão , O.A. Alencar , and O.T.C. Arnaud , 4 females ( IEPA 362 ) ; Lagoon of Índios ( 00°21’41.9”N , 51°06’15.5”W ), 23.vii.2002 , D. Filocreão , O.A. Alencar , and O.T.C. Arnaud , 19 males , 12 females and 1 juvenile ( IEPA 407 ) ; 23.vii.2002 , D. Filocreão , O.A. Alencar , and O.T.C. Arnaud , 3 males , 16 females and 1 juvenile ( IEPA 411 ); ( 00°02’37.6”N , 51°06’19.2”W ), 08.v.2002 , I.M. Vieira , O.A. Alencar and O.M. Costa , 3 males and 2 juveniles ( IEPA 433 ); ( 00°02’38.4”N , 51°06’18.0”W ) , 22.v.2002 , A.C.R. Araújo , I.M. Vieira and O.T.C. Arnaud , 33 males , 52 females ( IEPA 526 ); ( 00°02’40.4”N , 51°06’14.6”W ), 22.v.2002 , A.C.R. Araújo , I.M. Vieira , O.T.C. Arnaud and F.J. S. Costa , 1 male , 14 females and 2 juveniles ( IEPA 506 ); ( 0°02’38,4”N , 51°06’18,8”W ) , 19.vi.2004 , A.C.R. Araújo and O.T.C. Arnaud , 5 males , 27 females and 20 juveniles ( IEPA 627 ); ( 00°02’37.4”N , 51°06’20.3”W ), 19.vi.2004 , A.C.R. Araújo and O.T.C. Arnaud , 3 males , 6 females and 1 female with eggs ( IEPA 588 ); ( 00°01’48.4”N , 51°06’20.3”W ) , 19.vi.2004 , A.C.R. Araújo and O.T.C. Arnaud , 5 females and 2 juveniles ( IEPA 589 ); ( 00°01’42,8”N , 51°08’22,4”W ), 19.vi.2004 , A.C.R. Araújo and O.T.C. Arnaud , 4 males , 9 females ( IEPA 602 ) ; 23.vii.2004 , O.T.C. Arnaud , 14 males , 23 females , 7 female with eggs and 3 juveniles ( IEPA 613 ); ( 00°01’55.3”N , 51°06’07.2”W ) , 14 males , 23 female and 5 juveniles ( IEPA 601 ); ( 00°01’48,4”N , 51°06’20.3”W ) , 28.vii.2004 , A.C.R. Araújo and O.T.C. Arnaud , 23 males , 28 females and 3 juveniles ( IEPA 609 ); ( 00°02’39.5”N , 51°06’16.7”W ) , 21.xi.2004 , A.C.R. Araújo and O.T.C. Arnaud , 19 males , 32 females and 1 juvenile ( IEPA 619 ); ( 00°02’41.4”N , 51°06’14.6”W ) , 23.vii.2004 , A.C.R.Araújo and O.T.C. Arnaud , 25 males , 37 females and 4 juveniles ( IEPA 635 ) .— Municipality of Santana : Maruanum River ( 0°10’49.193”N , 51°16’30.544”W ), 02.iv.2002 , I.M. Vieira and O.M. Costa , 1 male ( IEPA 320 ) .— Municipality of Ferreira Gomes : stream in gallery forest ( 0°28’60”N , 51°04’59”W ), 04.vi.2002 , I.M. Vieira and O.M. Costa , 1 female ( IEPA 325 ) ; Manuel Capu Stream ( 02°02’47”N , 50°54’09”W ), 18.vi.2002 , I.M. Vieira , O.A. Alencar and O.M. Costa , 32 specimens ( IEPA 360 ) .— Municipality of Porto Grande : creek in the resort of Porto Grande ( 00°44’56”N , 51°04’59”W ), 18.vi.2002 , I.M. Vieira , 1 male ( IEPA 347 ) .— Municipality of Tartarugalzinho : Farm São Bento , Eusébio River ( 01°16’57”N , 50°48’15”W ), 11.vi.2002 , I.M. Vieira , O.A. Alencar and O.M. Costa , 2 males and 4 females ( IEPA 353 ) ; Farm São Bento , lake ( 01°16’54”N , 50°48’04”W ), 6.vi.2002 , I.M. Vieira , O.A. Alencar and O.M. Costa , 19 specimens ( IEPA 436 ) ; 11.vi.2002 , I.M. Vieira , O.A. Alencar and O.M. Costa , 5 specimens , 5 females and males ( IEPA 492 ) ; stream ( 1°01’16”N , 51°12’56”W ), 4.ii.2006 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 52 males ( IEPA 1687 ) .— Municipality Cutias : Bom Jesus do Tabaco , Araguari River ( 01°26’10.3”N , 50°34’22.7”W ), iv.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 9 males , 36 females and 13 females with eggs ( IEPA 534 ) ; Stream of Costa ( 01°19’26.6”N , 50°16’36.0”W ), v.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 2 males and 26 females ( IEPA 554 ) ; idem coleta anterior ( 01°19’26.6”N , 50°16’36.0”W ), 26.iv.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 47 specimens ( IEPA 768 ) ; Araguari River (01°20’31.1”N, 50°18’90.8”W), v.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 3 males , 3 females and 1 female with eggs ( IEPA 570 ) ; Araguari River ( 01°26’10.3”N , 51°06’20.3”W ), iv. 2004 , I.M. Vieira , 9 males , 36 females and 13 females wit eggs ( IEPA 578 ) ; Fazenda Santa Margarida , Araguari River ( 01°19’50.3”N , 50°15’56.7”W ), 29.iv.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 2 females ( IEPA 746 ) ; 29.iv.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 1 male and 3 females ( IEPA 752 ) ; Bom Jesus do Tabaco ( 01°19’23”N , 50°16’23”W ), 26.iv.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 1 male and 18 females ( IEPA 1298 ); ( 1°19’59,5”N , 50°14’57,5”W ) , 29.iv.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 1 male and 1 female ( IEPA 1302 ) ; Stream ( 01°20’29.8”N , 50°14’41.6”W ), 29.iv.2004 , I.M. Vieira 20 specimens ( IEPA 1404 ) ; Stream Jacaré ( 01°20’31.1”N , 50°18’20”W ), 24.iv.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 1 specimens ( IEPA 1410 ) ;— Municipality of Pracuúba : Pracuúba Lake ( 1°45’01.21”N , 50°49’15.40”W ), vii.1981 , M.A.S. Lima , 24 females and 9 juveniles ( IEPA 06 ) ; Pracuúba Lake ( 01°44’41.49”N , 50°47’31.50”W ), 21.x.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 100 specimens ( IEPA 730 ) ; Pracuúba Lake ( 01°44’36.11”N , 50°47’40.27”W ), 22.x.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 173 specimens ( IEPA 731 ) .— Municipality of Laranjal do Jari : Jari River ( 0°08’37.09”S , 53°04’08.87”W ) 26.x.2007 , I.M. Vieira , 13 males and 15 females ( IEPA 1161 ) ; Jari River ( 00°38’02.5”S , 52°00’29.2”W ), 29.x.2008 , I.M. Vieira , 11 males and 18 females ( IEPA 1163 ) ; Jari River ( 00°51’36.20”S , 52°32’18.11”W ), 15.vii.2008 , I.M. Vieira , 1 specimen ( IEPA 1204 ) ; Jari River , PBA P08 ( 00°41’23.85”S , 52°30’52.40”W ), 27.x.2007 , I.M. Vieira , 1 male ( IEPA 1235 ) ; Balneário Riacho Doce , Jari River ( 00°50’03,12”S , 52°32’33,29”W ), 28.x.2008 , I.M. Vieira , 1 female ( IEPA 1239 ) ; Jari River , Waterfall of Santo Antônio (0°38’42.47”S, 52°30’27.95), 04.xii.2009 , I.M. Vieira , 8 males and 14 females ( IEPA 1243 ) ; tributary stream of Jari River ( 00°45’02”S 52°30’27”W ), 04.ix.2009 , I.M. Vieira , 1 female ( IEPA 1251 ) ; Jari River ( 00°45’02”S , 52°30’27”W ), 27.v.2007 , I.M. Vieira , 6 females ( IEPA 1466 ) ; Riacho Doce creek , tributary of the river Jari ( 00°47’54.85”S , 52°31’49.65”W ), 02.ix.2009 , I.M. Vieira , 2 males ( IEPA 1472 ) .— Municipality of Calçoene : Beach of Goiabal ( 02°37’28.51”N , 50°51’03.3”W ), 23.vi.2006 , I.M. Vieira , 4 females ( IEPA 1357 ) ; Beach of Goiabal ( 02°37’28.51”N , 50°51’03.3”W ), 20.v.2006 , I.M. Vieira , 3 juveniles ( IEPA 1359 ) ; stream on the left bank of the Jari River , (00°50,822”S, 52°32,545”W); 3 males and 4 female , I.M. Vieira ( IEPA 1469 ) .— Municipality of Tartarugalzinho : stream of riparian forest ( 0°56’49.20”N , 51°14’40.71”W ), 01.ii.2006 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 5 males and 31 females ( IEPA 1667 ) .— Municipality of Ferreira Gomes : stream ( 0°56’49.20”N , 51°14’49.71”W ), 31.i.2006 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 5 males and 8 females ( IEPA 1669 ) ; Amapá Grande River , Waterfall Grande , 2 immature females, 10 immature males, 2 juveniles , 25.viii.1992 , C. Magalhães ( INPA-CRU 001060 ) ; Araguari River , Biological Reserve of Lake Piratuba that connects to the larger lakes, 25.viii.1992 , C. Magalhães ( INPA-CRU 001065 ) ; Region of the lakes, Pracuúba lake , 1 female , 00. vii.1984 , M.S. Lima , ( INPA-CRU 001066 ) ( Figure 4 ). Geographic distribution. Venezuela , Suriname , Guyana , French Guyana , Trinidad , Bolivia and Brazil (states of Amapá , Pará, Amazonas, Roraima , Maranhão , Ceará , Rio Grande do Norte , Paraíba , Pernambuco , Alagoas , Sergipe , Bahia , Minas Gerais , Espírito Santo , Mato Grosso , Santa Catarina , São Paulo and Paraná ) ( Magalhães 2002 ; Pileggi et al. 2013 ; Ramos-Porto 1985 ; Santos et al. 2018 ;) Distribution in Amapá state . Basins of the rivers Sucuriju, Curiaú, Davi, Maruanum, Manuel Capu, Araguari, Euzébio, Jari, Lagoon of Indios. Previous records. Melo (2003) ; Pileggi et al. (2013) ; Pimentel & Magalhães (2014) . Ecological notes. Inhabits clear, black and white waters reaching higher regions, a little above 100 m , cohabit with Macrobrachium amazonicum in the lower regions ( García-Dávila & Magalhães 2003 ). Remarks. The morphological characters of the specimens evaluated in this study correspond to the descriptions of García-Dávila & Magalhães (2003) ; Holthuis (1952) ; Melo (2003) .