Parapenaeus politus (Smith, 1881)

Parapenaeus politus – Le Loeuff & Cosel 2000: 25, annex 1, French Guiana. — Corbari et al. 2015: 165–167, French Guiana [14 lots, e.g., http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2013-2528].

non Parapenaeus longirostris (H. Lucas, 1849) – Takeda 1983: 38, Suriname, French Guiana [24– 475 m]. — Guéguen 2000: 692, tab. 1, French Guiana [200–232 m]. See Remark.

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine; 3– 752 m.

Remark

Parapenaeus politus (WA) and P. longirostris (EA) are two sibling species distributed on each side of the Atlantic (Pérez Farfante 1982). WA records of P. longirostris corrected herein to P. politus .