Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903

Mantelatto, Fernando L., Miranda, Ivana, Vera-Silva, Ana L., Negri, Mariana, Buranelli, Raquel C., Terossi, Mariana, Magalhães, Tatiana, Costa, Rogério C., Zara, Fernando J. & Castilho, Antonio L., 2021, Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: IV. Infraorder Anomura: Superfamilies Chirostyloidea, Galatheoidea, Hippoidea and Paguroidea, Zootaxa 4965 (3), pp. 558-600 : 573

Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903

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Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903: 895 , fig. 8.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 2 ♀, CCDB 3920 , Guarujá, Praia Guaiúba, 24°00ʹ59.1ʺS, 046°17ʹ39.7ʺW, colls. F. Carvalho et al., 22.x.2011 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 3922 , Guarujá, Praia Guaiúba, 24°00ʹ59.1ʺS, 046°17ʹ39.7ʺW, colls. F. Carvalho et al., 22.x.2012 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—from Haiti to Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina) ( Holthuis 1960; Efford 1971; Calado 1998; Melo 1999; Boyko 2002; Felder et al. 2009).

Remarks. Lepidopa richmondi is found with higher frequency in the south part of São Paulo. Sequences accession numbers (GenBank): CCDB 3920—16S ( KP091506 ), COI ( KP091540 ).

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FIGURE 3. Superfamiliy Hippoidea. A) Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903 (CCDB 3920). B) Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935 (ULLZ 15981). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo, Guarujá (A), Ubatuba (B). Sex: female (A), ovigerous female (B). Scale bars (mm): A—9; B—13. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli (A), D.L. Felder (B).