Palaemon pandaliformis (Stimpson, 1871)

Leander pandaliformis Stimpson, 1871: 66 .

Palaemon (Leander) pandaliformis Thallwitz, 1892: 12 .

Palaemon (Palaemon) pandaliformis Holthuis, 1950a: 7, 1952: 187; Chace, 1972: 21; Coelho & Ramos, 1972: 145; Bond-Buckup & Buckup, 1989: 893, 1999: 314; Ramos-Porto & Coelho, 1998: 336; Melo, 2003: 376; Almeida et al., 2006: 8.

Palaemon pandaliformis Ramos-Porto, 1980: 296; Costa et al., 2000: 779; Coelho et al., 2006: 50.

Material examined. CEARÁ: Fortaleza, Rio Cocó, 3 males, 3 females, (MNRJ-15345); PERNAMBUCO: Pernambuco, 1 male, 1 female, 4 ovigerous females, (MNRJ-1045); ESPÍRITO SANTO: São Mateus, Lagoa Juparanã, 3 females, 4 ovigerous females, (MNRJ-1041); Linhares, Lagoa Juparanã, 9 females, 1 indeterminte, (MZUSP-735); Linhares, Lagoa Nova, 17 males, 9 females, 32 ovigerous females, 9 indeterminate, (MZUSP-740); RIO DE JANEIRO: Lagoa do Campelo, 1 male, (MNRJ-2291); Rio Paraíba, 6 males, (MZUSP-1955); Rio Paraíba, 5 males, 3 females, 11 ovigerous females, (MZUSP-1956); Pavuna, Rio Pavuna, 2 males, 1 female, 3 ovigerous females, (MNRJ-1040); Rio de Janeiro, Barra da Tijuca, 3 ovigerous females, (MNRJ-998); Rio Mambucaba, Rodovia Rio-Santos, 1 male, 2 females, (MNRJ-4402); Rio do Frade, Rodovia Rio-Santos, 4 males, 14 females, 1 ovigerous female, (MNRJ-976); Angra dos Reis, Rio Saco, 5 males, 1 female, (MNRJ-893); Angra dos Reis, Praia do Frade, 12 males, 4 females, 2 ovigerous females, (MNRJ-1038); SÃO PAULO: Pariquera-Açu, (24°37’87”S, 47°44’43”W), 5 males, 2 females, 7 ovigerous females, (MZUSP-15800); Praia das Pitangueiras, Riacho do Canto, 4 males, 5 females, 2 ovigerous females, (MZUSP-11078); Ubatuba, Rio Indaia, 8 males, 10 females, 22 ovigerous females, (MZUSP-7470); Ilha Comprida, Rio Capivarú, 5 males, 4 females, 3 ovigerous females, (MZUSP-13949); Cananéia, 2 females, 2 ovigerous females, (MZUSP-13595); Cananéia, 2 females, 1 ovigerous female, 4 indeterminate, (MZUSP- 6488); Ilha do Cardoso, Rio Pedro Luiz, 3 males, 2 females, (MZUSP-13932); PARANÁ: Baía de Paranaguá, 2 indeterminates, (FURG-2308); SANTA CATARINA: Praia do Perequê, 2 males, 4 females, (MNRJ-1044); Florianópolis, 3 ovigerous females, (MZUSP-9086); RIO GRANDE DO SUL: Tramandaí, Lagoa da Custódia, 9 males, 6 females, (FURG-2478).

Diagnosis. Rostrum slender, having distal part slightly directed upwards, overreaching scaphocerite, dorsal margin with 5 to 7 teeth at proximal part and 1 or 2 teeth at distal part, ventral margin with 5 to 8 teeth. Second pair of pereopods reaching with half of carpus beyond scaphocerite, fingers shorter than palm, carpus longer than merus.

Distribution. Western Atlantic Ocean: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Porto Rico, Virgin Islands, Barbados, Venezuela, Trinidad e Tobago, Brazil (Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul).