Rodrigues & Shimizu 1992 : 317 Decapod crustaceans from the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil: an updated checklist of marine and estuarine species, with 23 new records Pachelle, Paulo P. G. Anker, Arthur Mendes, Cecili B. Bezerra, Luis E. A. Zootaxa 2016 4131 1 1 63 b0658767-bf18-4f7c-9a8c-777d708c849b Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992 Rodrigues & Shimizu 1992 [151,726,966,992] Malacostraca Laomediidae Axianassa Animalia Decapoda 29 30 Arthropoda species australis     Axianassa australis  Rodrigues & Shimizu 1992: 317, figs. 1–20.   Material examined. Brazil, Ceará: 1 male, 1 female, LIMCE-UFC 894, Paracuru, Rio Curu estuary, mud flat, in burrows, suction pump, coll. P.P.G. Pachelle & H. Matthews-Cascon, 29.iv.2014; 1 male, LIMCE-UFC 895, same collection data; 1 ov. female, LIMCE-UFC 896, same collection data; 1 ov. female, MZUSP32649, same collection data [fcn PP 14-048]; 1 male, MZUSP32611, same collection data [fcn PP 14-049].   Distribution. USA(Florida, Texas), Gulf of Mexicoand Brazil(Ceará, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Bahia, São Paulo, Paraná) (Coelho et al.2007; Rosa & Almeida 2012; present study).   Remarks. The record of  Axianassa australisin Ceará represents the northern-most point in the distribution range of the species in Brazil. The burrows of  A. australismay occasionally harbour the “commensal” alpheid shrimp  Leptalpheus axianassae(see above).