Leucippa pentagona H. Milne Edwards, 1833

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 : 31

Leucippa pentagona H. Milne Edwards, 1833

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Leucippa pentagona H. Milne Edwards, 1833: 512 , pl. 18, fig. B.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 3887 , Ubatuba, Palmas , coll. F. Zara, 23.iv.2012 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5712 , Ubatuba , coll. D. Rosa, 05–06.vi.2015 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 1392 , Ubatuba, Ilha Achieta , coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.xi.2001 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5654 , Ubatuba , coll. F. Zara, 22.v.2013 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Brazil (Ceará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Uruguay, and Argentina. Eastern Pacific—USA (California), Mexico, and Chile ( Melo 1996; Bertini & Fransozo 2004; Bertini et al. 2004; Braga et al. 2005; Pachelle et al. 2016; Spivak et al. 2019).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo state include Ubatuba (Bertini & Fransozo 2004; Bertini et al. 2004, 2010) and Caraguatatuba ( Braga et al. 2005). In general, the date for this species is often cited as 1834, but the correct reference is 1833, as firstly used in H. Milne Edwards’ (1833) description. Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 5654—16S ( MF490184 ), COI ( MF490092 ) ( Mantelatto et al. 2018a).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Family Epialtidae. A) Acanthonyx petiverii H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (CCDB 46). B) Apiomithrax violaceus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) (CCDB 5547). C) Epialtus brasiliensis Dana, 1852 (CCDB 5544). D) Leucippa pentagona H. Milne Edwards, 1833 (CCDB 5654). E) Libinia ferreirae Brito Capello, 1871 (CCDB 1540). F) Libinia spinosa H. Milne Edwards in Guérin, 1832 (CCDB 752). G) Stenocionops furcatus (Olivier, 1791) (CCDB 3605). H) Stenocionops spinosissimus (Saussure, 1857) (CCDB 5781).Animals from Brazil, São Paulo state: Ubatuba (A, B, C, D, G), Santos (E), Caraguatatuba (F), RV Soloncy Moura Expedition, Point 8 (H). Sex: male (A, C, E, G), female (B, D, F, H). Scale bars (mm): A—14; B—21; C—9; D—5; E—43; F—72; G—22; H—41. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.