Pachycheles coelhoi de Azevedo Ferreira & Tavares, 2019

Pachycheles coelhoi de Azevedo Ferreira & Tavares, 2019: Brazil Amapá [Cabo Orange, Project Geomar III, R/V Almirante Saldanha, stn 208, 04°52′ N, 50°31′30″ W, 1971, 118 m]

non Pachycheles rugimanus – Veloso & Melo 1993: 178, Brazil Amapá. — Veloso 1998: 401, Brazil Amapá. — Melo 1999: 242, Brazil Amapá. — Coelho et al. 2007: tab. 4, Brazil Amapá. According to de Azevedo Ferreira & Tavares (2019) all previous records of P. rugimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 from Brazil Amapá are Pachycheles coelhoi .

Distribution/Habitat

WA (only Brazil Amapá); marine; 118 m.

Remark

It is not clear why “ Suriname ” is indicated by Rodríguez et al. (2005) and de Azevedo Ferreira & Melo (2016) in the distribution of Pachycheles rugimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 . It possibly comes from “Guyanas”, indicated in Werding et al. (2003: tab. 1). Until this record is better defined, it seems more prudent to remove Pachycheles rugimanus from Suriname, especially since it could be corrected to P. coelhoi, as for all other old records of P. rugimanus in nearby Brazil Amapá (see de Azevedo Ferreira & Tavares 2019). The geographic distribution of P. rugimanus is limited to North Carolina to Florida, Mexico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, St Thomas and Virgin Islands (de Azevedo Ferreira & Tavares 2019: 192).