Lucifer typus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837

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 : 20

Lucifer typus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834–1840]

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Leucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837: 469 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, CCDB 5904 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 6, 132 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 17–18.viii.2015 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— Bermuda, USA (Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, north of South America, and Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul). Eastern Atlantic—Mediterranean Sea, off Cape of Good Hope, east coast of South Africa. Indo-West Pacific—Bay of Bengal, East and South China Seas, Philippines, Malaysia, Queensland, and Australia ( D’Incao 1995a; Melo et al. 2014; Vereshchaka et al. 2016b).

Remarks. Previous records from offshore São Paulo are from northern limit of the state to Santos ( Costa & Prandi 1971; D’Incao 1995a). There is a COI sequence ( GU183792 ) available on GenBank of a specimen from northern Atlantic by Bucklin et al. (2010).

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FIGURE 4. Families Luciferidae and Sergestidae. A) Belzebub faxoni (Borradaile, 1915) (CCDB 5930). B) Lucifer typus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 (CCDB 5904). C) Acetes americanus americanus Ortmann, 1893 (CCDB 5931). D) Peisos petrunkevitchi Burkenroad, 1945 (CCDB 5932). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo, R/V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 3 (A), st. 6 (B), Ubatuba (C, D). Sex: male (A, B), female (C, D). Scale bars (mm): A—2, B—2; C—5; D—8. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.