Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984

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Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984: 191, figs. 1–2.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 3282, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 05.iv.2011 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5048, Cananéia, coll. A. Castilho et al., 25.ix.2013; 1 ♂, CCDB 4107, Cananéia, ferry terminal to Cananéia, Porto Cubatão, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 12.v.2008; 1 ♂, 3 ♀ov, 1 juv, RMNH.Crus 10979, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. S. Gerlach, vi.1954; 1 ♂, CCDB 3262, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 16.iv.2011; 1 ♂, CCDB 3809, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. F. Carvalho et al., 28.xi.2011; 1 ♀, CCDB 3827, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. M. Terossi, 10.iii.2012; 2 ♂, CCDB 4517, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. M. Terossi & F. Mantelatto, 21.vii.2012; 1 juv, CCDB 4837, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. M. Terossi, 21.vii.2012; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 4108, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. M. Terossi, 23.vii.2012.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Florida, Mississippi to Texas), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, Brazil (Pará to Santa Catarina) (Christoffersen 1984; Almeida & Mantelatto 2013; De Grave & Anker 2017).

Previous records. Cananéia (Holthuis 1956, as A. heterochaelis, part; Christoffersen 1984; Almeida et al. 2013, 2014; Pescinelli et al. 2018b); no new material provided (Christoffersen 1998).

Remarks. Holthuis (1956) identified 14 specimens from Cananéia as A. heterochaelis . One of us (AOA) examined part of that material (RMNH.Crus 10979) and established that it corresponds to A. estuariensis (see Almeida et al. 2014). GenBank accession number: CCDB 3809—16S (JX286608), COI (KU313000).