Axianassa australis, Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992

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 : 44

Axianassa australis Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992

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Axianassa australis Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992: 317–323, figs. 1–32.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 357 , São Sebastião , Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 1.xii.2000 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 354 , São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, coll. F. Mantelatto, 10.xii.2000 ; 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 353 , São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 11.xii.2000 ; 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 3847 , São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 24.xi.2008 ; 1 ♂, 6 ♀, CCDB 1037 , São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 21.ii.2011 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5620 , São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 2.xii.2014 ; 3 ♂, 2 ♀, 2 j, CCDB 5632 , São Sebastião , Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 2.xii.2014 ; 5 ♂, 16 ♀ (14 ♀ ov), CCDB 6577 , São Sebastião , Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 2.xii.2019 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— USA (Florida, Texas), southwestern Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Colombia, and Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Paraná) ( Rodrigues & Shimizu 1992; Felder 2001; Melo et al. 2006; Coelho et al. 2007; Anker 2010; Rosa & Almeida 2012).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include São Sebastião ( Rodrigues & Shimizu 1992; Kihara et al. 2005). The complete mitochondrial data was recently provided by Tan et al. (2019, MH234568 ). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 1037—16S ( MF490232 ), COI ( MF490135 ) ( Mantelatto et al. 2018).

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FIGURE 10. Families Axianissidae and Upogebidae. A) Axianassa australis Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992 (CCDB 5620). B) Upogebia brasiliensis Holthuis, 1956 (CCDB 5774). C) Upogebia noronhensis Fausto-Filho, 1969 (CCDB 5619). D) Upogebia omissa Gomes Correa, 1968 (CCDB 6711). E) Upogebia paraffinis Williams, 1993 (CCDB 5772). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo, São Sebastião (A), Ilha Comprida (B), Ubatuba (C, E), Cananéia (D). Sex: male (A, C, E), female (B), ovigerous female (D). Scale bars (mm): A—14; B—8, C—8, D—8; E—6. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli (A—C, E), and J.A.F Pantaleão (D).