Decapod crustaceans from the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil: an updated checklist of marine and estuarine species, with 23 new records Author Pachelle, Paulo P. G. Author Anker, Arthur Author Mendes, Cecili B. Author Bezerra, Luis E. A. text Zootaxa 2016 4131 1 1 63 journal article 38707 10.11646/zootaxa.4131.1.1 a745ef66-a828-4b3c-ab2c-124f7f7a68e0 1175-5326 400297 48CA9FCC-8044-448D-8CA5-5CD5B403D884 Pinnixa sayana Stimpson, 1860 ( Figure 24 B) Pinnixa sayana Stimpson 1860 : 236 . Material examined . Brazil , Ceará: 1 male , LIMCE-UFC 715, Fortaleza, Rio Ceará, coll. unknown, 28.iii.2006 ; 1 ov. female, MZUSP 27597, Paracuru, Praia da Pedra Rachada, sand, in burrow, suction pump, coll. A. Anker & P.P.G. Pachelle, 04.vii.2012 [fcn 12-156]; 1 male , 1 ov. female, MZUSP 33458, Paracuru, Rio Curu estuary, mud flat, in burrow, suction pump, P.P.G. Pachelle & H. Matthews-Cascon, 29.iv.2014 [fcn PP 14-050]. Distribution . Western Atlantic: USA (Massachusetts to Florida), Gulf of Mexico and Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia , Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) ( Coelho 1997b ; Melo 1998 ; Coelho et al. 2008; present study). Remarks . The specimens from Ceará agree well with Coelho (1997b) ’s diagnosis of Pinnixa sayana , including the armature on the fixed finger of the female chelipeds.