Synalpheus cf. brevicarpus ( Herrick, 1891 )

Soledade, Guidomar O., Fonseca, Mytalle S. & Almeida, Alexandre O., 2015, Shallow-water stenopodidean and caridean shrimps from Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil: new records and updated checklist, Zootaxa 3905 (1) : -

Synalpheus cf. brevicarpus ( Herrick, 1891)

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Material examined. 1 n-ov. female, 1 ov. female, Ilha de Santa Bárbara (17°57'30”S 38°42'23”W), coll. R.M.C. Barbosa & L.M. Fernandes, 03.ix. 2013, 10 m, in sponge, UESC 1562.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, Florida, Bahamas, West Indies, Panama, and Brazil (Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul) ( Christoffersen 1979, 1998; Bezerra & Coelho 2006).

Previous records from Abrolhos. R/V Calypso, Sta. 84, south coast of Ilha de Santa Bárbara (18°18’S 38°53’W), 0.8 m; R/V Calypso, Sta. 89 (18°18.5’S 38°53’W), 38 m ( Christoffersen 1979).

Remarks. Synalpheus brevicarpus is a transisthmian species complex, which includes several cryptic species in the western Atlantic (Almeida et al. 2012; Anker et al. 2012; Hultgren et al. 2014).

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FIGURE 3. Some caridean (alpheid) shrimps from Ilha de Santa Bárbara, Abrolhos, Bahia, Brazil: A, Alpheopsis cf. trigona (Rathbun, 1901); B, Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1878; C, Alpheus carlae Anker, 2012; D, Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850; E, Alpheus verrilli (Schmitt, 1924); F, Automate cf. rectifrons Chace, 1972; G, Synalpheus cf. brevicarpus (Herrick, 1891); H, Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909. Scale bars = 5 mm.