Sympagurus pictus Smith, 1883

Lemaitre, Rafael & Tavares, Marcos, 2015, New taxonomic and distributional information on hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea) from the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic coast of South America, Zootaxa 3994 (4), pp. 451-506 : 499

Sympagurus pictus Smith, 1883

Sympagurus pictus Smith, 1883: 37 (in part), pl. 5, figs 3, 3a, 5–8, not figs 2, 2a (= Parapagurus pilosimanus Smith, 1879 (see Lemaitre, 1989, 2004) [type locality by lectotype selection by Lemaitre (1989): off Martha’s Vineyard, USFC sta 924, 39°57.30’N, 70°46’W].

Sympagurus pictus .— Lemaitre, 1989: 38, figs. 15–17, 18B, 19, 39C, D, 40D.—Lemaitre, 2004: 122, figs. 1g 1,2, 2, 24, 34.— McLaughlin et al., 2010: 40.

New material. Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte, sta MT 64, 04°36.2400’S, 36°45.7395’W, 415 m, 12 May 2011: 1 ov female 10.3 mm (in anthozoan) ( MZUSP 25791).

Diagnosis. See Lemaitre (1989, 2004).

Distribution. Western Atlantic: from Martha’s Vineyard to the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea to off Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Depth: 180 to 2322 m.

Color. See Lemaitre (2004).

Remarks. This species, the adults of which typically live symbiotically with the large actinian Sagartia consors (Verrill) , has not been previously recorded south of the coast of French Guiana. Thus, this report extends significantly the southernmost range of this species from about 7°06’N to 4°36’S off the coast of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.