Litopenaeus schmitti ( Burkenroad, 1936 )

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 : 305-306

Litopenaeus schmitti ( Burkenroad, 1936)

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Material examined. Petro-UFS—899 (21 M, 16 F); size range: 19.51 ≤ CL ≤ 37.40 mm; average: CL = 22.34 ± 2.93 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00058. Penaeid—504 (208 M, 296 F); size range: 11.79 ≤ CL ≤ 39.30 mm; average: CL = 22.51 ± 3.90 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00342.

Stations. Petro-UFS—1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17; Penaeid—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Matanzas Bay, and from Cuba to Brazil (from Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul) ( Costa et al. 2003).

Ecological notes. From shallow waters to 50 m ( Costa et al. 2003).

Remarks. Previously recorded as Penaeus schmitti ( D’Incao 1998; Barros & Pimentel 2001), and as Penaeus (Litopenaeus) schmitti ( Pérez-Farfante 1969) .

Previous records in Sergipe. Coelho et al. (1983), Coelho & Santos (1994 /1995), and Santos et al. (2007).