Farfantepenaeus paulensis (Pérez Farfante, 1967)

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Penaeus (Melicertus) paulensis Pérez Farfante, 1967: 84; figs. 1a–d.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, CCDB 328, Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.iii.1997; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 2351, Ubatuba, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 02.vi.2008 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 3774, Ubatuba, coll. D. Rosa, 15.viii.2011 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5192, Ubatuba, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 23.iv.2012 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 332, Caraguatatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 24.vii.2002 ; 1 ♂, 9 ♀, CCDB 4482, Santos, coll. R. Costa, 2012 ; 4 ♀, CCDB 4585, Santos, coll. R. Costa, 2012; 6 ♀, CCDB 3773, São Vicente, colls. A. Castilho et al., 23.x.2011 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 3230, Cananéia, colls. R. Costa & A. Castilho, 18.iv.2011 ; 2 ♀, CCDB 3235, Cananéia, colls. R. Costa & A. Castilho, 18.iv.2011 ; 10 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 j, CCDB 3645, Cananéia, colls. R. Costa et al., 09.xi.2011 ; 2 ♀, CCDB 4911, Cananéia, colls. R. Costa et al., 11.iii.2012 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5177, Cananéia, colls. R. Costa et al., 11.iii.2012 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay, and Argentina (Pérez Farfante 1969; Boschi et al. 1992; D’Incao 1998; Costa et al. 2000; Coelho et al. 2006).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include Ubatuba, Caraguatatuba, São Sebastião, Santos, and Cananéia (D’Incao 1995a; Costa et al. 2000; Reigada et al. 2006; Castilho et al. 2008a; Bochini et al. 2019; Salvati et al. 2021). Sequence accession number (GenBank): CCDB 970—16S (KY449062), COI (KF783861) (Carvalho-Batista et al. 2014, 2019).