Neocallichirus maryae Karasawa, 2004

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Neocallichirus maryae Karasawa 2004: 87 .

Callianassa rathbunae Schmitt 1935: 15, figs. 1–4.

Material examined. Brazil, Ceará: 1 female, LIMCE-UFC 710, Icapuí, Praia de Requenguela, Banco dos Cajuais, sea grass mud flat, in burrow, coll. P.P.G. Pachelle & A. Anker, suction pump, 02.vi.2012; 1 male, MZUSP 32615, Icapuí, Praia de Tremembé, sand-mud flat, in burrow, suction pump, coll. P.P.G. Pachelle, 10.ii.2014 [fcn PP 14-001]; 1 male, MZUSP 32610, Icapuí, Praia de Tremembé, sand-mud flat, in burrow, coll. P.P.G. Pachelle, suction pump, 12.ii.2014 [fcn PP 14-007]; 1 male, LIMCE-UFC 711, same collection data; 1 male, LIMCE-UFC 514, Paracuru, Praia da Pedra Rachada, sand flat, in burrow, suction pump, coll. P.P.G. Pachelle, 15.x.2012 [fcn PP 12-009]; 1 male, LIMCE-UFC 515, same collection data.

Distribution. Western Atlantic: USA (Florida), Bahamas, Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco, Alagoas) (Botter-Carvalho et al. 1995, as N. rathbunae; Calado et al. 1998, as N. rathbunae; Sakai 2005; Coelho et al. 2007; present study).

Remarks. Neocallichirus maryae, herewith recorded for the first time from Ceará, appears to be one of the commoner large-sized ghost-shrimps on sea grass dominated sand flats, e.g., in Icapuí and Paracuru.