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.
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Tamburus, Ana Francisca
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Magalhães, Tatiana
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Buranelli, Raquel C.
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Terossi, Mariana
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Negri, Mariana
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Castilho, Antonio L.
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Costa, Rogério C.
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Zara, Fernando J.
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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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Panopeus herbstii
H.
Milne Edwards, 1834
Panopeus herbstii
H.
Milne Edwards, 1834: 403
.
Material examined.
None.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic—USA (Massachusetts to Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Caribbean Sea, north of South America, and
Brazil
(
Paraíba
,
Pernambuco
,
Bahia
,
Rio de Janeiro
,
São Paulo
,
Paraná
, Santa Catarina) (
Rathbun 1930
;
Coelho & Ramos 1972
;
Powers 1977
;
Williams 1983
,
1984
).
Remarks.
Previous records on the coast of
São Paulo
include “Piassaguera, Santos” as
forma obesa
(
Rathbun 1930
), probably a spelling mistake of Piaçaguera, a locality close to Cubatão. Initially,
Panopeus herbstii
was recognized as four forms, being
herbstii
the typical form; another occurrence on the Brazilian coast included
forma crassa
, not the typical one (
Rathbun 1930
). Posteriorly, these taxa were elevated to full species status and only
P. lacustris
and
P. austrobesus
,
which included
crassa
and
obesa
varieties, occur in
Brazil
(
Williams 1983
). It seems that the relationship among species attributed to the genus
Panopeus
is unclear (
Thoma
et al
. 2014
). Thus, we conjecture that the occurrence of this species in
São Paulo
, or even in
Brazil
, was confused with the other forms or varieties.