Cuapetes americanus ( Kingsley, 1878 )

Mantelatto, Fernando L. & Al, Et, 2022, Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: V. Dendrobranchiata and Pleocyemata [Achelata, Astacidea, Axiidea, Caridea (Alpheoidea and Processoidea excluded), Gebiidea, Stenopodidea], Zootaxa 5121 (1), pp. 1-74 : 35

Cuapetes americanus ( Kingsley, 1878)

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Anchistia americana Kingsley, 1878: 96 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 5508 , Ubatuba, Praia do Itaguá , colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 30.xi.2014 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 2358 , Ubatuba, Saco do Codó, Enseada do Flamengo , colls. F. Mantelatto & E. Mossolin, 02.vi.2008 ; 2 ♀ ov, CCDB 5473 , Ubatuba, Praia do Lamberto , coll. F. Carvalho, 09.iv.2013 ; 2 ♂, CCDB 6295 , Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória , colls. A. Castilho et al., vii.2015 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 6293 , Santos, Laje de Santos , colls. A. Castilho et al., vii.2015 ; 2 ♂, CCDB 6294 , Santos, Laje de Santos , colls. A. Castilho et al., iii.2016 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— Bermuda, USA (North Carolina, Florida), Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, São Paulo) ( Holthuis 1951; Barba et al. 2005; Coelho et al. 2006; Almeida et al. 2007a; Vieira et al. 2012; De Grave & Anker 2017).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include Ubatuba, Vitória Island and Laje de Santos ( Forneris 1969; Moraes et al. 2020a). Although Coelho & Ramos (1972) report the species from Pará to São Paulo, we have not found records of material examined for the states of Sergipe and Espírito Santo. There was also no record of material examined for Honduras, cited by Vieira et al. (2012). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 5508—16S ( OM720037 ), COI ( OM672402 ) (present study).

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FIGURE 8. Family Palaemonidae. A) Cuapetes americanus (Kingsley, 1878) (CCDB 5508). B) Leander paulensis Ortmann, 1897 (CCDB 4908). C) Macrobrachium acanthurus (Wiegman, 1836) (CCDB 5925). D) Macrobrachium carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (CCDB 2162). E) Macrobrachium heterochirus (Wiegman, 1836) (CCDB 5090). F) Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836) (CCDB 5250). G) Neopontonides brucei Fransen & Almeida, 2009 (CCDB 6157). H) Palaemon northropi (Rankin, 1898) (CCDB 4909). I) Palaemon pandaliformis (Stimpson, 1817) (CCDB 5929). J) Typton distinctus Chace, 1972 (CCDB 6713). K) Typton fapespae Almeida, Anker & Mantelatto, 2014 (CCDB 6712). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo, Ubatuba (A, B, E, F, H), Cananéia (C, G, I, J, K), São Sebastião (D). Sex: male (A, D, E, F, J), female (B, C, G, H, I), ovigerous female (K). Scale bars (mm): A—5; B—9, C—9; D—33; E—22; F—17; G—2; H—8, I—6, J—4, K—5. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli (A—C, E, F, H, I), and J.A.F Pantaleão (D, G, J, K).