Decapod crustaceans from the continental shelf of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil
Author
Mendonça, Luana M. C.
Author
Guimarães, Carmen R. P.
Author
Santos, Rafael C.
Author
Alves, Douglas F. R.
Author
Barros-Alves, Samara P.
Author
Silva, Sonja L. R.
Author
Hirose, Gustavo L.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-20
4712
3
301
344
journal article
24569
10.11646/zootaxa.4712.3.1
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1175-5326
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Megalobrachium soriatum
(
Say, 1818
)
(Figure 3A)
Material examined.
Penaeid—5 (1 M, 4 F); size range: 2.25 ≤ CSL ≤
3.10 mm
; average: CSL = 2.49 ±
0.36 mm
;
CZUFS CRU-
00257.
Stations.
Penaeid—1, 3, and 9.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic—USA (North Carolina to Florida, Gulf of
Mexico
),
Mexico
, Central America, and
Brazil
(from
Ceará
to
São Paulo
). Eastern Pacific—California, and
Panama
(
Melo 1999
).
Ecological notes.
Recorded at
54 m
(
Veloso & Melo 1993
), and
171 m
(
Williams 1984
).
Remarks.
Species normally associated with the Bryozoa
Schizoporella unicornis
(Johnston) (
Alves
et al.
2013
)
.
Megalobrachium walteri
Rodrigues da Costa
can be considered a junior synonym of
M
.
soriatum
(
Veloso & Melo 1993
)
.
Previous records in
Sergipe
.
None.