Persephona mediterranea (Herbst, 1794)

Persephona mediterranea – Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1986: 74, Brazil Amapá [shallow to 166 m]. — Melo 1996: 153, Brazil Amapá. — Melo et al. 1998: 448, Brazil Amapá. – Coelho et al. 2008: 15, Brazil Amapá. — Magalhães et al. 2016: 13, Suriname, French Guiana. — Cintra et al. 2017: tabs 1–6, Brazil Amapá [27–47 m].

non Persephona aquilonaris Rathbun, 1933 – Durand 1959: 32, photo 10, French Guiana [id. GuinotDumortier]. — Guinot-Dumortier 1959a: 429, French Guiana [in part; 28 m]. — Le Loeuff & Cosel 2000: 25, annex 1, French Guiana = P. mediterranea, fide Magalhães et al. (2016); P. aquilonaris is distributed only from New Jersey to Gulf of Mexico.

non Persephona punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) – Takeda 1983: 116, Suriname, French Guiana [9–18 m] = P. mediterranea, in Magalhães et al. (2016).

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine; 1– 55 m.