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 Cuapetes americanus ( Kingsley, 1878 ) Anchistia americana Kingsley, 1878 : 96 . Material examined. 6 m , 8 f, 01.VIII.2008 , Cairú, Triana River, Boipeba Island, MZUESC 1264; 4 m , 10 f, 02.VIII.2008 , Cairú, Moreré Beach, Boipeba Island, MZUESC 1289; 1 m , 3 f, 02.VIII.2008 , Cairú, Moreré Beach, Boipeba Island, MZUESC 1290; 2 f, 02.VIII.2008 , Cairú, Moreré Beach, Boipeba Island, MZUESC 1291; 2 m , 4 f, 03.VIII.2008 , Cairú, Tassimirim Beach, Boipeba Island, MZUESC 1317; 1 m , 05.V.2008 , Itacaré, Concha Beach, mouth of Contas River, MZUESC 1203; 1 f, 1 ni, 16.V.2007 , Santa Cruz Cabrália, Coroa Vermelha Beach, MZUESC 862; 1 m , 16.V.2007 , Santa Cruz Cabrália, Coroa Vermelha Beach, MZUESC 863; 2 m , 3 f, 07.III.2008 , Santa Cruz Cabrália, mouth of João de Tiba River (sandstone reef), MZUESC 1151; 2 f, 17.V.2007 , Porto Seguro, Mutá Beach (coral reef), MZUESC 896; 2 m , 2 f, 4 juv, 17.V.2007 , Porto Seguro, Mutá Beach (coral reef), MZUESC 897; 2 ni, 17.V.2007 , Porto Seguro, Mutá Beach (coral reef), MZUESC 898; 3 m , 1 f, 17.V.2007 , Porto Seguro, Mutá Beach (coral reef), MZUESC 899; 1 m , 1 f, 17.V.2007 , Porto Seguro, Mutá Beach (coral reef), MZUESC 900; 1 m , 1 f, 23.XI.2007 , Prado, Cumuruxatiba Beach, MZUESC 1060; 1 ni (damaged), 19.III.2007 , Nova Viçosa, Pontal da Barra Beach, St. 3, MZUESC 829. Distribution. Western Atlantic—North Carolina to western Gulf of Mexico , West Indies and Brazil (Atol das Rocas, seamounts of North Brazilian Chain, and from Amapá to São Paulo) ( Williams 1984 , as Periclimenes americanus ; Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1998 , as P. americanus ). Ecological notes. In estuaries (under branches on mud bottom), on reefs and rocky shores, under rocks covered with algae and hydrozoans and in rock crevices; in concretions of calcareous algae, among barnacles on jetties and on live coral. Salinity range: 24–39 psu. Depth range: intertidal to 105 m ( Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1990, as P. americanus ). Previous records. Camamu Bay ( Almeida et al. 2007b , as Kemponia americana ); Salvador ( Vieira et al . 2012 ).