Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: IV. Infraorder Anomura: Superfamilies Chirostyloidea, Galatheoidea, Hippoidea and Paguroidea
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Mantelatto, Fernando L.
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Miranda, Ivana
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Vera-Silva, Ana L.
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Negri, Mariana
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Buranelli, Raquel C.
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Terossi, Mariana
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Magalhães, Tatiana
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Costa, Rogério C.
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Zara, Fernando J.
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Castilho, Antonio L.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-29
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Sympagurus dimorphus
(
Studer, 1883
)
Eupagurus dimorphus
Studer, 1883: 24
, figs. 11, 12.
Material examined.
None.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic—
Brazil
from 22 to
57°S
through Southern hemisphere; Eastern Atlantic—
Ascension Island
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
; Western Pacific—
Australia
(
Tasmania
,
Macquarie Island
),
New Zealand
; Eastern Pacific—
Chile
(
Forest & de Saint Laurent 1968
;
Scelzo 1973
;
Macpherson 1983
;
Lemaitre 1989
,
1990
,
2004
;
Manning & Chace 1990
;
Lemaitre & Mclaughlin 1992
;
Schejter
et al.
2017
).
Remarks.
Although the distribution of
Sympagurus dimorphus
is defined as “Southern hemisphere between
22°S
and
57°S
” (
Lemaitre 1990
,
2004
), no study has specifically reported its occurrence on the coast of
São Paulo
. No specimen from this location was collected, analyzed, and mentioned in previous studies or found in Brazilian scientific collections. These factors raise questions on the occurrence of
S. dimorphus
in
Brazil
. According to
Melo (1999)
, this species occurs in
Rio Grande do Sul
, but in the recent checklist by
Spivak
et al
. (2019)
the distribution in the western Atlantic is restricted to Argentinean waters. In addition, a specimen previously identified as
Eupagurus modicellus
Stebbing, 1914
from
Ascension Island
was believed to be
Sympagurus dimorphus
by
Manning & Chace (1990)
. However,
Lemaitre & McLaughlin (1992)
stated that the studied and illustrated specimen probably is a juvenile and its identification as
S. dimorphus
is questionable. In addition, an integrated molecular and morphological comparison among individuals from all areas of occurrence may help to understand these records and distribution along Southern hemisphere.