Shallow-water caridean shrimps from southern Bahia, Brazil, including the first record of Synalpheus ul (Ríos & Duffy, 2007) (Alpheidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean Author Almeida, Alexandre O. Author Boehs, Guisla Author Araújo-Silva, Catarina L. Author Bezerra, Luis Ernesto A. text Zootaxa 2012 3347 1 35 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.214608 10000391-ec0f-495f-8ee4-61b667fa68e1 1175-5326 214608 Leander paulensis Ortmann, 1897 Leander paulensis Ortmann, 1897 : 192 , pl. 1, fig. 14. Material examined. 1 m , 1 f, 13.XI.2006 , Maraú, Ponta do Mutá, MZUESC 771; 1 f, 23.XI.2007 , Prado, Cumuruxatiba Beach, MZUESC 1059; 1 f, 29.VIII.2007 , Caravelas, Caravelas River, Barra de Caravelas, St. 4, MZUESC 1005. See report by Almeida et al . (2006). Distribution. Western Atlantic—Florida, West Indies, and Brazil (Maranhão to São Paulo) ( Ramos-Porto 1986 ). Ecological notes. On drifted algae on sandy bottom (shallow subtidal); associated with an unidentified hydrozoan; also, on rocky bottom. Salinity range: 35–38 psu. Previous records. locality not informed ( Ramos-Porto 1986 ; Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1990 ); Ilhéus (Almeida et al. 2006, 2007a); Camamu Bay ( Almeida et al . 2007b ); Caravelas ( Ferreira et al. 2010 ).