Exhippolysmata oplophoroides Holthuis, 1948

Vieira, Inacia Maria, Silva, Luiz Maurício Abdon, Almeida, Alini Gomes Santiago De, Almeida, Danilo Pelaes De, Silva-Júnior, Orleno Marques & Tavares-Dias, Marcos, 2022, Diversity, distribution and new records of freshwater and estuarine shrimp in the state of Amapá, eastern Brazilian Amazon region, Zootaxa 5178 (1), pp. 41-71 : 49

Exhippolysmata oplophoroides Holthuis, 1948

Examined material. Municipality of Oiapoque: Parque Nacional do Cabo Orange, Oiapoque river estuary (4°24’11,11”N, 51º34’13,71”W), 22.viii.2013, I.M. Vieira, A.G. Santiago and E. O. Galeno, 1 female with eggs and 1 juvenile ( IEPA2026 ) ( Figure 2 ) .

Geographic distribution. Western Atlantic, North Carolina, Gulf of Mexico, Venezuela, Suriname and French Guiana. In Brazil it occurs from the state of Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay ( Christoffersen 1979; Christoffersen 2016; Ramos-Porto et al. 2003).

Distribution in Amapá state. Estuary of the Oiapoque River, in the municipality of Oiapoque.

Previous records. ( Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1991; Christoffersen 1979, Christoffersen 2016)

Ecological notes. It occurs in both mud and sand bottoms (José Fausto-Filho & Neto 1976), (José Fausto-Filho 1979) but predominates in the first type of substrate. In this study, they were collected in an estuarine environment with a muddy bottom, mangroves, and specimens were collected with a sieve (54 cm in diameter) at high tide.

Remarks. The two specimens examined correspond to descriptions of Cervigon et al. (1992).

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FIGURE 2. Geographic distribution map of Acetes marinus Omori, 1975; new records of Alpheus nuttingi (Schmitti, 1924); Exhippolysmata oplophoroides (Holthuis, 1948); new records of Leander tenuicornis (Say, 1918); Nematopalaemon schmitti (Holthuis, 1948) and Xiphopenaeus kroyery (Heller, 1862) from the state of Amapá, in eastern Brazilian Amazon region.