Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850

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 : 337

Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850

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Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850: 196 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 4835, Ubatuba, Ilha das Couves, 19.x.2012; 1 ♀, CCDB 5757, Ubatuba, Enseada do Mar Virado, off shore 35 m, coll. D. Rosa, 24.xi.2014; 1 ♀, CCDB 4905, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 20.x.2012; 2 ♀ (1 ♀ ov), CCDB 4847, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, 20.x.2012; 1 ♀, CCDB 4574, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, coll. D. Alves, 11.iv.2013; 1 ♀, CCDB 6306, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, coll. A. Castilho et al., ix.2015; 2 ♀ (1 ♀), CCDB 6307, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, coll. A. Castilho et al., iii–vi.2016; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 2182, Ilhabela, Praia do Engenho D’água, coll. F. Mantelatto & E. Mossolin, 01.v.2007; 2 ♂, CCDB 6305, Santos, Laje de Santos, coll. A. Castilho et al., ix.2016.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, USA (North Carolina, Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, West Indies, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil (Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Trindade and Martim Vaz islands, Ceará to Santa Catarina) ( Lemaitre 1984; Christoffersen 1998; Masunari et al. 1998; Anker et al. 2008a; Cunha et al. 2015; Giraldes & Freire 2015; Anker et al. 2016).

Previous records. Ubatuba ( Christoffersen 1979; Morgado & Tanaka 2001); São Sebastião, São Sebastião Island (Municipality of Ilhabela), Santos and Itanhaém (Williams 1965; Christoffersen 1979); no new material provided ( Christoffersen 1998).

Remarks. GenBank accession number: CCDB 2182—16S ( KU312969 ), COI ( KU313001 ).

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.