Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: III. Infraorder Brachyura Latreille, 1802
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Mantelatto, Fernando L.
Author
Tamburus, Ana Francisca
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Author
Magalhães, Tatiana
tmagalhaes@usp.br
Author
Buranelli, Raquel C.
raquel.buranelli@gmail.com
Author
Terossi, Mariana
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Negri, Mariana
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Castilho, Antonio L.
antonio.castilho@unesp.br
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Costa, Rogério C.
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Zara, Fernando J.
fj.zara@unesp.br
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-06
4872
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1
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journal article
7963
10.11646/zootaxa.4872.1.1
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Achelous ordwayi
(
Stimpson, 1860
)
Portunus ordwayi
Stimpson, 1860: 224
.
Material examined.
None.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic—USA (Massachusetts to Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Antilles,
Colombia
,
Venezuela
to
Brazil
(Fernando de Noronha,
Amapá
, Pará,
Maranhão
,
Piauí
,
Ceará
,
Rio Grande do Norte
,
Paraíba
,
Pernambuco
,
Alagoas
,
Bahia
,
Rio de Janeiro
,
São Paulo
,
Rio Grande do Sul
) (
Powers 1977
;
Lemaitre 1981
;
Williams 1984
;
Barreto
et al.
1993
;
Melo 1996
; Bertini
et al.
2004;
Hernández-Ávila
et al.
2007
;
Almeida & Coelho 2008
;
Felder
et al.
2009
).
Remarks.
Previous records in São Paulo include Ubatuba (
Mantelatto & Fransozo 2000
; Bertini
et al.
2004, 2010) and Caraguatatuba (
Braga
et al.
2005
). Few specimens of small sizes (
6–13mm
) were found by
Mantelatto & Fransozo (2000)
and Bertini
et al.
(2004) and may be considered accidental occurrences. This fact might indicate that this species is not abundant in comparison to other brachyurans (
Mantelatto & Fransozo 2000
). The specimens previously sampled are juvenile and the recognition of the diagnostic characters is difficult and may lead to misidentifications. In addition, no additional individual collected in the present study raised doubts regarding the previous records, since the molecular evaluation carried out with specimens from
USA
revealed the clear phylogenetic position of this species within the genus
Achelous
(
Mantelatto
et al.
2007
,
2009
,
2018b
).