Metanephrops rubellus ( Moreira, 1903 )

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 : 26-27

Metanephrops rubellus ( Moreira, 1903)

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Nephrops rubellus Moreira, 1903: 7 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 3 ♂, 4 ♀, CCDB 1757 , Santos, offshore, coll. F. Mantelatto, 1.ix.1998 ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, CCDB 2690 , Cananéia , colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 10.vii.2009 ; 5 ♂, 5 ♀, CCDB 479 , Cananéia , colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 10.vii.2011 ; 4 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 5819 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 5, 130 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 18.viii.2015 ; 3 ♂, 4 ♀ (3 ♀ ov), CCDB 5810 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 12, 104 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5787 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 13, 113 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 ; 9 ♀ ov, CCDB 5788 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 13, 113 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 5796 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 14, 79 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay, and Argentina ( Moreira 1906; Coelho & Ramos 1972; Holthuis 1974, 1991; Tavares 1998; Melo 1999).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include Ilhabela (Ilha de São Sebastião), Guarujá, and Santos ( Moreira 1906; Holthuis 1974; Severino-Rodrigues et al. 2007). This species is particularly important in commercial fishing, with greater fishing effort along the southeast and south of Brazilian coast ( Williams 1986; Dall’Occo et al. 2007; Santana et al. 2016). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 479—16S ( MF490164 ), COI ( OM672400 ) ( Mantelatto et al. 2018; present study).

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FIGURE 5. Families Scyllaridae and Nephropidae. A) Scyllarides deceptor Holthuis, 1963 (CCDB 5280). B) Scyllarus depressus (Smith, 1881) (CCDB 5775). C) Metanephrops rubellus (Moreira, 1903) (CCDB 5796). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo, Ubatuba (A), R/V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 8 (B), st. 14 (C). Sex: male (A, C), female (B). Scale bars (mm):A—23; B—18; C—40. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.