The marine palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea, Deapoda, Caridea) of the Dutch Caribbean Author Fransen, Charles H. J. M. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-15 5387 1 1 127 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5387.1.1/52482 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5387.1.1 1175-5334 0AD29F74-D349-4E12-8CA4-310275A847B3 Leander paulensis Ortmann, 1897 Palaemon paulensis — Schmitt 1924 a: 72 ( Curaçao ); Schmitt 1935: 160 ( Curaçao ). Ecology . Commonly found in association with algae and marine phanerogams near estuaries and mangroves ( Carvalho et al . 2014 ). Distribution . Known from shallow water localities in the tropical western Atlantic from Florida southwards to São Paulo , Brazil , in depths between 0 and 16 m ( Carvalho et al . 2014 ; Poupin 2018 ).