Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859

Mantelatto, Fernando L., Tamburus, Ana Francisca, Magalhães, Tatiana, Buranelli, Raquel C., Terossi, Mariana, Negri, Mariana, Castilho, Antonio L., Costa, Rogério C. & Zara, Fernando J., 2020, Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: III. Infraorder Brachyura Latreille, 1802, Zootaxa 4872 (1), pp. 1-108 : 17

Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859

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Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859: 53 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 5200 , Ubatuba, Praia do Itaguá , colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 16.xi.2012 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 3309 , Ubatuba, Praia Grande , colls. I. Leone et al., 22.x.2011 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 1120 , Ubatuba, Ilha Anchieta , Praia Leste, coll. F. Mantelatto, iii.2000 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 1127 , Ubatuba, Ilha Anchieta , Praia Leste, coll. F. Mantelatto, vi.2000 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 4352 , Ubatuba, Praia do Lázaro , coll. F. Mantelatto, 29.xi.2015 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5071 , Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória , 20.x.2012 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 4354 , São Sebastião, Praia do Segredo , coll. F. Mantelatto, 20.ii.2011 ; 4 ♂, 6 ♀, CCDB 1598 , Guarujá, Praia do Guaiuba , colls. I. Leone et al., 22.x.2011 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 2914 , Santos , canal 6, 30.vii.2003 ; 9 ♂, 7 ♀, CCDB 1596 , São Vicente, Praia Itararé , colls. I. Leone et al., 23.x.2011 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 3715 , Cananéia , IO / USP, colls. F. Carvalho et al., 08.xi.2011 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Panama, Antilles, Colombia, Guianas, and Brazil (Pará, Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Alagoas, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina). Eastern Atlantic—Cape Verde to Angola ( Rathbun 1901, 1930; Holthuis 1959; Fausto-Filho 1966; Coelho & Ramos 1972; Powers 1977; Lemaitre 1981; Abele & Kim 1986; Melo et al. 1989; Barros & Pimentel 2001; Almeida et al. 2007b; Coelho et al. 2008; Felder et al. 2009; Lima Júnior et al. 2010; Alves et al. 2012a).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo state include Ubatuba ( Rathbun 1930; Fransozo et al. 1992, 2012; Mantelatto & Fransozo 2000; Bertini & Fransozo 2004; Bertini et al. 2004, 2010; Alves et al. 2012a, b, 2013a; Mantelatto et al. 2016a; Camargo et al. 2020), São Sebastião ( Nucci & Melo 2000), Ilhabela (Ilha de São Sebastião) ( Rathbun 1930; Nucci & Melo 2000), and São Vicente ( Sant’Anna et al. 2012). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 1596—16S ( MF490189 ), COI ( MF490095 ) ( Mantelatto et al. 2018a).

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FIGURE 4. Families Eriphiidae and Menippidae. A) Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) (CCDB 4895). B) Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859 (CCDB 5071). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo state: São Sebastião (A), Ubatuba (B). Sex: males. Scale bars (mm): A—30; B—9. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.