Amphithrax aculeatus (Herbst, 1790)

Cancer aculeatus Herbst, 1790: 248 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 451, Ubatuba, Ilha das Palmas, coll. F. Mantelatto, 06.x.2002 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (South Carolina, Florida, Gulf of Mexico), Antilles, and Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, São Paulo) (Melo 1996; Alves et al. 2006; Felder et al. 2009).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo include Ilha Vitória (Alves et al. 2006, 2012a as Mithrax verrucosus). The name M. verrucosus was synonymyzed to Mithrax aculeatus; this species currently belongs to the new genus Amphithrax (Windsor & Felder 2014) . Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 2934—16S (MF490195), COI (MF490101) (Mantelatto et al. 2018a).