Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984

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 : 336-337

Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984

( Figure 1D )

Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984: 191 , figs. 1–2.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 3282 , Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 05.iv.2011 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5048, Cananéia, coll. A. Castilho et al., 25.ix.2013; 1 ♂, CCDB 4107, Cananéia, ferry terminal to Cananéia, Porto Cubatão, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 12.v.2008; 1 ♂, 3 ♀ov, 1 juv, RMNH.Crus 10979, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. S. Gerlach, vi.1954; 1 ♂, CCDB 3262, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 16.iv.2011; 1 ♂, CCDB 3809, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. F. Carvalho et al., 28.xi.2011; 1 ♀, CCDB 3827, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. M. Terossi, 10.iii.2012; 2 ♂, CCDB 4517, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. M. Terossi & F. Mantelatto, 21.vii.2012; 1 juv, CCDB 4837, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. M. Terossi, 21.vii.2012; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 4108, Cananéia, IO/USP, coll. M. Terossi, 23.vii.2012.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Florida, Mississippi to Texas), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, Brazil (Pará to Santa Catarina) ( Christoffersen 1984; Almeida & Mantelatto 2013; De Grave & Anker 2017).

Previous records. Cananéia ( Holthuis 1956, as A. heterochaelis , part; Christoffersen 1984; Almeida et al. 2013, 2014; Pescinelli et al. 2018b); no new material provided ( Christoffersen 1998).

Remarks. Holthuis (1956) identified 14 specimens from Cananéia as A. heterochaelis . One of us (AOA) examined part of that material (RMNH.Crus 10979) and established that it corresponds to A. estuariensis (see Almeida et al. 2014). GenBank accession number: CCDB 3809—16S ( JX286608 ), COI ( KU313000 ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A) Alpheus brasileiro Anker, 2012 (CCDB 4904). B) Alpheus buckupi Almeida, Terossi, Araújo-Silva & Mantelatto, 2013 (CCDB 5505). C) Alpheus carlae Anker, 2012 (CCDB 6153). D) Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984 (CCDB 5048). E) Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850 (CCDB 4905). F) Alpheus intrinsecus Spence Bate, 1888 (CCDB 5057). G) Alpheus malleator Dana, 1852 (CCDB 5046). H) Alpheus cf. packardii Kingsley, 1880 (CCDB 5049). I) Alpheus petronioi Almeida, Terossi & Mantelatto, 2014 (CCDB 4728). J) Alpheus thomasi Hendrix & Gore, 1973 (CCDB 5289). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo: Cananéia (A, D, I), São Sebastião (B, C), Ubatuba (E–H, J). Sex: male (A, G, H, J), female (B–F, I). Scale bars (mm): A—9; B—10; C, I—7; D, E, H—8; F, J—11; G—12.5. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.