Checklist of the Decapods (Crustacea) from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil
Author
Alves, Maria De Lourdes
Author
Ramos-Porto, Marilena
Author
Viana, Girlene Fábia Segundo
text
Zootaxa
2008
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journal article
48897
10.5281/zenodo.184217
7c3cd8cb-c7ba-40d9-94ff-5bdb9a5de987
1175-5326
184217
Family
Processidae Ortmann, 1890
Processa bermudensis
(Rankin, 1900)
Diagnosis:
Williams, 1984
:143, fig. 100.
Previous records:
Christoffersen, 1979
: 363; 1998: 352.
Examined material: Almirante Saldanha Expedition, station 1667A,
1 female
; station 1668 A,
2 males
. FEB/93: Baía dos Golfinhos,
1 male
. MAR/93: Praia do Porto,
1 female
(ovigerous).
Habitat: on maintenance lines of buoys, covered by approximately
3 cm
of silt and seaweed; in depth of up to
8 cm
. Bottom of calcareous algae.
Observation: brown coloration, with dark and clear spots.
Processa brasiliensis
Christoffersen, 1979
Diagnosis:
Christoffersen, 1979
:364, figs.34-35. Previous record:
Coelho-Filho, 2006
:11.
Processa fimbriata
Manning and Chace, 1971
Diagnosis:
Manning and Chace, 1971
:19, figs.8-10. Previous record:
Coelho-Filho, 2006
:11.
Processa vicina
Manning and Chace, 1971
Diagnosis:
Manning and Chace, 1971
:34, figs.19-20. Previous records: none.
Examined material: Almirante Saldanha Expedition, station 1668,
2
specimens. Habitat: Bottom of calcareous algae.