Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852

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Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852: 23 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 2805, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia Itaguá, coll. F. Mantelatto, v.2002; 1 ♂, CCDB 338, Ubatuba, Praia Grande, coll. F. Mantelatto, 03.ii.1994; 1 ♂, CCDB 2533, Ubatuba, Praia Grande, coll. F. Mantelatto, 25.ix.2002; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, CCDB 3409, Ubatuba, Praia Grande, on Phragmatopoma reefs, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 22.ii.2011; 5 ♂, 4 ♀ (3 ♀ ov), CCDB 3308, Ubatuba, Praia Grande, on Phragmatopoma reefs, coll. I. Leone et al., 22.v.2011; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 4100, Ubatuba, Praia Grande, coll. F. Zara, 22.iv.2012; 1 ♀ (parental with larvae), CCDB 4573, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, coll. F. Zara, 11.iv.2013; 1 ♂, CCDB 5046, Ubatuba, Ilha Búzios, 10.iv.2012.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo). Eastern Atlantic—Cape Verde, Senegal, Guinea, São Tomé, Annobon, Congo (Anker & Pachelle 2013).

Previous records. Vitória Island (Luederwaldt 1919; Anker & Pachelle 2013); Ubatuba (Anker & Pachelle 2013); no new material provided (Christoffersen 1998). GenBank accession number: CCDB 3409—16S (KU312971), COI (KU313003).