Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)

Neptunus marginatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861: 318 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, CCDB 2945, Ilha Comprida, ferry station, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 30.viii.2011 ; 1 ♂, 1 j, CCDB 3291, Ilha Comprida, Praia Boqueirão Sul, coll. N. Rossi, 20.iv.2011 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 4014, Cananéia, colls. R. Costa et al. 21.v.2012 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Virginia to Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Carribean Sea, and Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) (Powers 1977; Melo 1996; Barros & Pimentel 2001; Dall’Occo et al. 2004; Almeida et al. 2007b; Hernández-Ávila et al. 2007; Almeida & Coelho 2008; Diez & Jover 2015).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo are based on a bibliographic survey as Callinectes larvatus (Dall’Occo et al. 2004). Its occurrence in Brazil was also registered as Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863 (Pita et al. 1985; Melo 1996; Almeida & Coelho 2008), which was synonymized with C. marginatus (Ng et al. 2008) . Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 6104—16S (MW081862), COI (MW081984) (present study).