Leptalpheus axianassae Dworschak & Coelho, 1999

Almeida, Alexandre O., Terossi, Mariana, Buranelli, Raquel C., Castilho, Antonio L., Costa, Rogério C., Zara, Fernando J. & Mantelatto, Fernando L., 2018, Checklist of decapods (Crustacea) from the coast of São Paulo State (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: II. Infraorder Caridea: family Alpheidae, Zootaxa 4450 (3), pp. 331-358 : 345

Leptalpheus axianassae Dworschak & Coelho, 1999

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Leptalpheus axianassae Dworschak & Coelho, 1999: 477 , figs. 1–30.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 5507 , São Sebastião, Araçá, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 02.xii.2014 ; 1 ♀ov, CCDB 5511, São Sebastião, Araçá, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 02.xii.2014.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Florida) and Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia, São Paulo) ( Dworschak & Coelho 1999; Anker et al. 2006; Almeida et al. 2012a; Pachelle et al. 2016).

Previous records. São Sebastião ( Dworschak & Coelho 1999; Melo et al. 2003; Amaral et al. 2010).

Remarks. Praia do Araçá, São Sebastião, is the type locality of L. axianassae ( Dworschak & Coelho 1999) . GenBank accession number: CCDB 5507—16S ( KU312982 ), COI ( KU313011 ).

Figures

FIGURE 2. A) Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894 (CCDB 5513). B) Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1813 [in Leach 1813–1814]) (CCDB 5509). C) Leptalpheus axianassae Dworschak & Coelho, 1999 (CCDB 5507). D) Salmoneus carvachoi Anker, 2007 (CCDB 6021). Specimens from Brazil, São Paulo: Cananéia (D), São Sebastião (C), Ubatuba (A, B). Sex: male (B), female (A, C, D). Scale bars (mm): A—2.5; B—4; C—7; D—2. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.