Leander paulensis Ortmann, 1897

Palaemon paulensis — Schmitt 1924 a: 72 (Curaçao); Schmitt 1935: 160 (Curaçao).

Ecology. Commonly found in association with algae and marine phanerogams near estuaries and mangroves (Carvalho et al. 2014).

Distribution. Known from shallow water localities in the tropical western Atlantic from Florida southwards to São Paulo, Brazil, in depths between 0 and 16 m (Carvalho et al. 2014; Poupin 2018).