Panopeus hartii Smith, 1869

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 : 325

Panopeus hartii Smith, 1869

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Material examined. Penaeid—1 M; CW = 5.34 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00252.

Station. Penaeid—7.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Florida and Gulf of Mexico), Antilles, and Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, and from Maranhão to São Paulo). Central Atlantic—Ascension ( Fausto-Filho 1974; Manning & Chace 1990; Melo 1996).

Ecological notes. From shallow waters to 25 m. Found on and under rocks and coral reefs, under rocks on tide pools (on heterogeneous bottoms), on crevices of rocks, and dead coral, on calcareous algae blocks, and on Halimeda sp. ( Melo 1996; Almeida et al. 2010).

Remarks. The type locality of P. harttii is the Abrolhos Archipelago ( Smith 1869). Santos et al. (2016) collected specimens downstream of the São Francisco River, at the border of Alagoas and Sergipe.

Previous records in Sergipe. Santos et al. (2016).