Megalobrachium soriatum ( Say, 1818 )

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 : 308

Megalobrachium soriatum ( Say, 1818)

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Material examined. Penaeid—5 (1 M, 4 F); size range: 2.25 ≤ CSL ≤ 3.10 mm; average: CSL = 2.49 ± 0.36 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00257.

Stations. Penaeid—1, 3, and 9.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (North Carolina to Florida, Gulf of Mexico), Mexico, Central America, and Brazil (from Ceará to São Paulo). Eastern Pacific—California, and Panama ( Melo 1999).

Ecological notes. Recorded at 54 m ( Veloso & Melo 1993), and 171 m ( Williams 1984).

Remarks. Species normally associated with the Bryozoa Schizoporella unicornis (Johnston) ( Alves et al. 2013) . Megalobrachium walteri Rodrigues da Costa can be considered a junior synonym of M. soriatum ( Veloso & Melo 1993) .

Previous records in Sergipe. None.