Alpheus intrinsecus Spence Bate, 1888

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Alpheus intrinsecus Spence Bate, 1888: 557, pl. 100, fig. 1.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀ (parental with larvae), CCDB 4491, Ubatuba, 23.iv.2012; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 4849, Ubatuba, 16.x.2012; 2 ♂, CCBB 3502, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, 20.viii.2002; 1 ♂, CCDB 3503, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, 15.vi.2003; 1 ♂, 3 ♀ (1 ♀ ov), CCDB 3410, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba (15 m), 13.iii.2005; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 1951, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, 03.v.2007; 2 ♂, 3 ♀ (2 ♀ ov), CCDB 2219, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 18.viii.2007; 2 ♀ ov, CCDB 2357, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 02.vi.2008; 3 ♂, 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 3497, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, on sponges, coll. F. Mantelatto, 04.v.2009; 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 3496, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, on Zoobotrium, coll. F. Mantelatto, 27.v.2009; 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 4097, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 02.xii.2009; 3 ♂, 5 ♀ (2 ♀ ov), CCDB 3499, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 12.v.2010; 2 ♂, CCDB 3957, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 23.iv.2012; 1 ♂, CCDB 5877, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, off shore, 16.ix.2012; 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 5759, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, off shore, coll. D. Rosa, 12.ix.2014; 7 ♂, 6 ♀ (5 ♀ ov), CCDB 3414, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia do Cedro, coll. F. Mantelatto & D. Rosa, 04.iv.2011; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 3441, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia do Cedro, coll. A. Castilho & R. Costa, 06.vii.2011; 3 ♂, 11 ♀ (5 ♀ ov), CCDB 3817, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia do Cedro, coll. A. Castilho et al., 07.vii.2011; 1 ♀, CCDB 425, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia do Cedro, coll. R. Costa et al., 07.viii.2011; 1 ♀ (parental with larvae), CCDB 6154, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia Cedro, coll. F. Mantelatto, 22.vii.2013; 1 ♀ (parental with larvae), CCDB 1126, Ubatuba, Praia Grande, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., v.2002; 3 ♂, 18 ♀, CCDB 3618, Ubatuba, off shore (35 m), coll. D. Rosa, 5–14.ix.2011; 1 ♀ (parental with larvae), CCDB 5057, Ubatuba, offshore (30–40 m), coll. D. Rosa, 10.ix.2013; 1 ♂, CCDB 4838, Ubatuba, Enseada do Flamengo, Praia Lamberto/Saco do Codó, coll. F. Mantelatto, 09.iv.2013; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, CCBB 3490, Ubatuba, Ilha Anchieta, Praia do Leste, iii.2001; 2 ♀, CCDB 1416, Ubatuba, Ilha Anchieta, Praia do Leste, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., vii.2002; 1 ♀, CCDB 4096, Ubatuba, Ilha Anchieta, Praia do Leste, coll. F. Mantelatto & R. Biagi, xi.2002; 1 ♂, 3 ♀ ov, CCDB 5756, Ubatuba, Enseada do Mar Virado, off shore, coll. D. Rosa, 24.xi.2014; 1 ♀ (parental with larvae), CCDB 3500, Caraguatatuba, Enseada de Caraguatatuba (25 m), viii.2002; 1 ♂, CCDB 3504, Caraguatatuba, Enseada de Caraguatatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, ix.2002; 2 ♂, 2 ♀ ov, CCDB 1591, Santos, coll. A. Castilho et al., 24.x.2011.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Gulf of Mexico, Panama, Suriname, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil (Piauí to Santa Catarina). Eastern Atlantic—Western Sahara to Angola (Crosnier & Forest 1966; Christoffersen 1979; Felder et al. 2009; Cunha et al. 2017; De Grave & Anker 2017).

Previous records. Ubatuba (Costa et al. 2000; Mantelatto et al. 2016; Cunha et al. 2017); Caraguatatuba (Cunha et al. 2017); São Sebastião (Christoffersen 1979); São Sebastião Island (Municipality of Ilhabela) (Luederwaldt 1919; Christoffersen 1979); locality not mentioned (Christoffersen 1982).

Remarks. Based on molecular and morphological data, Cunha et al. (2017) demonstrated that specimens of A. intrinsecus from both sides of the Atlantic have an amphi-Atlantic distribution. GenBank accession number: CCDB 3499—16S (KU312970), COI (KU313002).