Diversity, distribution and new records of freshwater and estuarine shrimp in the state of Amapá, eastern Brazilian Amazon region Author Vieira, Inacia Maria 0000-0002-6911-0780 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia (BIONORTE), Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brasil. Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá - IEPA. & inaciavieira 2011 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6911 - 0780 inaciavieira2011@gmail.com Author Silva, Luiz Maurício Abdon Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia (BIONORTE), Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brasil. Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá - IEPA. Author Almeida, Alini Gomes Santiago De 0000-0002-9773-489X alinigsantiago @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9773 - 489 X alinigsantiago@gmail.com Author Almeida, Danilo Pelaes De Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brasil. Author Silva-Júnior, Orleno Marques 0000-0002-1173-1429 orlenomarques @ yahoo. com. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1173 - 1429 orlenomarques@yahoo.com.br Author Tavares-Dias, Marcos Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia (BIONORTE), Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brasil. Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá - IEPA. & Embrapa Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brasil. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-08-24 5178 1 41 71 journal article 129872 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.1.3 6329ab0a-3a78-4998-aae3-bf28b87876bb 1175-5326 7021864 4DECF608-22E1-4049-9271-F20E5E0ECB49 Macrobrachium brasiliense Heller, 1862 Examined material. Municipality of Ferreira Gomes : dam at km 54, Extremo Norte ( 00°28’60”N , 51°04’59”W ), 06.vi.2002 , coll. I.M. Vieira , 06 males and 18 females ( IEPA 333 ) ; Floresta Nacional do Amapá ( Amapá National Forest ,) Stream Braço ( 01°18’07”N ; 51°35’17”W ), 24.vii.2004 , coll. I.M. Vieira , 01 male and 15 females ( IEPA 537 ) ; idem, 08.viii.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 04 males and 30 females ( IEPA 551 ) ; idem, 11.viii.2004 , coll. I.M. Vieira , 15 specimens ( IEPA 559 ) ; idem, 11.viii.2004 , I.M. Vieira , 02 females ( IEPA 564 ) ; 14.viii.2004 , colls. M. Vieira and J.O. Cardoso , 02 male and 01 female ( IEPA 610 ) ; Floresta Nacional do Amapá , Stream Santo Antônio , pond in açaí occurrence area ( Euterpe oleracea Mart. ) ( 01°06’37”N , 51°53’37”W ), 07.iii.2005 , colls. I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 01 male ( IEPA 780 ) ; idem, 22.vii.2002 , colls. I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 59 males , 03 females and 01e female with eggs ( IEPA 787 ) ; 13.iii.2005 , colls. I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 13 males and 03 females ( IEPA 793 ) , stream with transparent water, bottom with sand and small black stones, with strong current ( 1°06’39”N , 51°53’18”W ) 07.iii.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 05 males ( IEPA 800 ) .— Municipality of Laranjal do Jari : Sustainable Development Reserve of the Iratapuru River , Jari River ( 00°16’35.21”N , 53°06’24.48”W ), 12.xi.2004 , I.M. Vieira and E.A. Oliveira , 72 males and 10 females ( IEPA 580 ) ; stream left bank of the Jari River ( 00°16’35.21”N , 53°06’24.48”W ), 21.xi.2004 , I.M. Vieira and E.A. Oliveira , 5 males and 4 females ( IEPA 620 ) ; idem, 15.xi.2004 , I.M. Vieira and, 03 males, 12 females and 1 juvenile ( IEPA 1065 ) ; right bank of the river Jari ( 0°51’47”S , 52°31’26”W ), 27.x.2007 , I.M. Vieira , 31 males and 11 females ( IEPA 1169 ) ; stream Baliza ( 0°18’36”S , 52°26’24”W ), 12.v.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 1 male ( IEPA 1272 ) ; idem, 10.v.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 1 female ( IEPA 1325 ) ; National Park of Tumucumaque Mountains , Mapaoni River , transparent water, under leaf litter bordering the river ( 02°11’36”N , 54°35’15”W ), 11.i.2005 , I.M. Vieira and E.A. Oliveira , 1 male ( IEPA 712 ) ; idem, 05.i.2005 , I.M. Vieira and E.A. Oliveira , 7 males , 03 females, 04 juvenis and 2 females with eggs ( IEPA 1187 ) . Municipality of Serra do Navio : National Park of Tumucumaque Mountains , confluence of rivers Amapari and Anacuí , with small waterfalls, rocks on the river bed, strong current ( 01°35’45”N , 52°29’32”W ), idem previous collection, 22.ix.2004 , I.M. Vieira and Z. A. de Paiva , 1 male and 1 female ( IEPA 657 ) ; idem, Stream with rocky bottom ( 1°36’13”N , 52°29’52”W ), 17.ix.2004 , I.M. Vieira , C.S. Gama , D. R. J. Cardoso and J. M. Pereira , 05 males, 05 females and 01 female with eggs ( IEPA 664 ) ; idem, stream tributary of Amapari River , black water, sandy bottom, shallow and with leaves in decomposition ( 1°36’13”N , 52°29’36”W ), 20.ix.2004 , I.M. Vieira and E.A. Oliveira , 3 males and 6 females ( IEPA 684 ) ; idem, igarapé ( 1°35’43”N , 52°29’18”W ), 24.ix.2004 , I.M. Vieira and E.A. Oliveira , 1 male and 4 females ( IEPA686 ) , Anacuí River ( 01°50’41.29”N , 52°44’28.65”W ), 02.iii.2006 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 9 males ( IEPA1039 ) .— Municipality of Pedra Branca do Amapari : stream ( 01°08’53.6”N , 52°26’43.7”W ), 01.ix.2002 , I.M. Vieira , 5 males , 13 females , 31 juveniles ( IEPA 828 ) ; Sustainable Development Reserve of the Iratapuru River , tributary of Cupixi River , swamp ( 0°34’09”N , 52°19’30”W ), 29.vii.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C.Vieira , 1female ( IEPA 899 ) , idem, 02.viii.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 1female ( IEPA 914 ) ; Cupixi River ( 00º34’45”N , 52º19’21”W ), 01.viii.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 1male ( IEPA 905 ) ; tributary stream of the Cupixi River ( 0º35’00”N , 52º19’28”W ), 6.viii.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 1 female ( IEPA 936 ) .— Municipality of Oiapoque : National Park of Tumucumaque Mountains , Anotaié River ( 3°07’27”N , 52°01’28”W ), 5.ix.200 5, I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 12 males and 17 females ( IEPA 943 ) ; tributary of the Anotaié River , 5000 m trail ( 3°12’47”N , 52°02’22”W ), 9.ix.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 3 males and 9 females ( IEPA 949 ); ( 3°29’ 09”N 52°19’14”W ) , 12.ix.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 1 male and 12 females ( IEPA 954 ) ; Anotaíé River (l°29’51,55”N, 52°18’0,66”W), 13.ix.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 1 male ( IEPA 955 ) ; idem, 13.ix.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 1 male ( IEPA 956 ) ; idem, 13.ix.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 1 male ( IEPA 958 ) .— Municipality of Calçoene : National Park of Tumucumaque Mountains , Mutum River ( 1°23’13.83”N , 51°55’39.05”W ), 6.xi.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 5 males and 23 females ( IEPA 1010 ) ; Mutum River ( 1°23’13,83”N , 51°55’39,05”W ), 2.xi.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 6 males and 11 females ( IEPA 1025 ) ; tributary of Mutum River , left margin ( 1°23’51”N , 51°56’04”W ) 6.xi.2005 , I.M. Vieira and D.C.C. Vieira , 1 specimen ( IEPA 1055 ) ; tributary stream of the Mutum River ( 1°23’51”N , 51°56’04”W ), 2 males and 3 females ( IEPA 1072 ) .— Municipality of Mazagão : Extractive reserve of Rio Cajari , Stream Caroço ( 00°23’21.8”S , 52°03’13.7”W ), 7.vii.2013 , I.M. Vieira , 4 males , 1 females and 1 female with eggs ( IEPA 1634 ) ; Araguari River , Marcirio upstream of Porto Grande , 18.viii.1992 , colls. C. Magalhães and M. Jeju ( INPA-CRU 001070 ) ; BR- 156 furo do Henrique , 27.viii.1992 , coll. C. Magalhães ( INPA-CRU 001072 ) ; Araguari River , stream in waterfall Capivara , 20.viii.1992 , coll. C. Magalhães ( INPA-CRU 001074 ) ; rio Amapá Grande , 26.viii.1992 ( INPA-CRU 001076 ) ; Streamigarapé Munguba , 23.iii.1991 ( INPA-CRU 001207 ) ; municipality of Serra do Navio , Stream Água Branca , 22.iii.1991 ( INPA-CRU 001211 ) ( Figure 4 ). Geographic distribution. Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , Peru , Suriname , Guyana , French Guyana and Brazil (states of Amapá , Pará, Amazonas, Maranhão , Bahia , Mato Grosso , Mato Grosso do Sul , Goiás , Minas Gerais , Roraima , São Paulo and Paraná ). ( Holthuis 1952 ; Pileggi et al. 2013 ; Pimentel & Magalhães 2014 ) Distribution in Amapá state . Streams Braço, Água Branca, Munguba and Santo Antônio, rivers Jari, Araguari, Mapaoni, Amapari, Anacuí, Cupixi, Anotaié, Mutum, Amapá Grande, Davi and Tracajatuba. Previous records. Melo (2003) ; Pimentel & Magalhães (2014) . Ecological notes. In the state of Amapá , it occurs in clear, transparent waters, in ponds, streams and rivers with waterfalls where there is strong current. Remarks. The morphology of the specimens can be verified in Holthuis (1952) ; Melo (2003) .