Persephona punctata ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Mendonça, Luana M. C., Guimarães, Carmen R. P., Santos, Rafael C., Alves, Douglas F. R., Barros-Alves, Samara P., Silva, Sonja L. R. & Hirose, Gustavo L., 2019, Decapod crustaceans from the continental shelf of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 4712 (3), pp. 301-344 : 314

Persephona punctata ( Linnaeus, 1758)

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Material examined. Petro-UFS—62 (9 M, 9 F); size range: 20.30 ≤ CW ≤ 37.40 mm; average: CW = 30.72 ± 4.46 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00094. Penaeid—61 (40 M, 18 F, 3 OF); size range: 15.55 ≤ CW ≤ 36.21 mm; average: CW = 22.47 ± 3.83 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00230.

Stations. Petro-UFS—1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, and 17; Penaeid—2, 4, 5, 6, and 9.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil (from Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul) ( Melo 1996).

Ecological notes. From shallow waters to 50 m. On mud, sand, and shell bottoms ( Melo 1996).

Previous records in Sergipe. Coelho et al. (1983, 2004).