Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850

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) : -

Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850

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Material examined. 2 males, 1 ov. female, Ilha de Santa Bárbara (17°57’49”S 38°41’53”W), coll. GO. Soledade, 03.ix.2013, intertidal, under rocks, UESC 1555.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, North Carolina, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, West Indies, Central America, northern South America and Brazil (Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Ceará to Paraná) ( Christoffersen 1998; Masunari et al. 1998; Anker et al. 2008).

Previous records from Abrolhos. Ilha de Santa Bárbara ( Gomes Corrêa 1972; Christoffersen 1979).

Figures

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.