Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787)

Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 1553, pp. 1-45 : 7

Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787)

Material examined (N=3). 1m, 07/VIII/2005, St. 0 5 ( MZUESC #643).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – from Massachusetts to southern Florida, Mexico, Bermuda, Bahamas, Antilles, Central America, northern South America, and Brazil (from Amapá to São Paulo). Central Atlantic - Ascension Island and Santa Helena. Eastern Atlantic – West Africa ( Sierra Leone). Indo –Pacific - from South Africa to Japan, and Hawaii ( Manning 1969; Gomes Corrêa 1986).

Ecological notes. From shallow waters to 110 m ( Manning 1969).

Previous records in Bahia. Calman (1917), Coelho & Koening (1972), Gomes Corrêa (1986), Rodrigues & Young (2005).

Remarks. Calman (1917) analyzed immature individuals of P. c i l i a t a collected at Abrolhos during the “British Terra Nova Expedition” (1913).