Alpheus cf. packardii Kingsley, 1880

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Alpheus packardii Kingsley, 1880: 417 .

Material examined. 1 ♂, CCDB 5049, Ubatuba, Praia do Lamberto, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 09.iv.2013 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 4850, Ubatuba, Ilha Anchieta, Praia do Leste, coll. F. Mantelatto & R. Biagi, xi.2002 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, USA (Virginia to South Carolina, Florida), Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (Quintana Roo, Yucatán), West Indies, Brazil (Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Trindade Island, Amapá to São Paulo, Santa Catarina) (Christoffersen 1979; 1998, as A. normanni Kingsley, 1878a; Martínez-Iglesias et al. 1996 /1997, as A. normanni; Giraldes & Freire 2015, as A. cf. packardii; Anker et al. 2016, as A. packardii).

Previous records. São Sebastião (Christoffersen 1979, as A. normanni; Amaral et al. 2010, as A. normanni); no new material provided (Christoffersen 1998, as A. normanni).

Remarks. Alpheus packardii is part of the A. normanii complex (Anker 2001; Williams et al. 2001; A. Anker, in preparation). Although distributed throughout the eastern Atlantic, there are some records of A. normanii in the western Atlantic (e.g. Christoffersen 1979; 1998; Martínez-Iglesias et al. 1996 /1997). Specimens from the western Atlantic may correspond to A. packardii or other species within the A. normanii complex (see Soledade & Almeida 2013; Anker et al. 2016 for more details). Since the definitive identity of our material is currently unknown, until the taxonomic review is completed (A. Anker, in preparation) we rather assign it to A. cf. packardii, as done previously (e.g. Almeida et al. 2012a; Soledade & Almeida 2013; Soledade et al. 2015). GenBank accession number: CCDB 4850—16S (KU312974).