Latreutes parvulus (Stimpson, 1866)

Mariño, Joany, Mendoza, María Daniela & López-Sánchez, Beatriz, 2018, Composition and abundance of decapod crustaceans in mixed seagrass meadows in the Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela, Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2018004) 108, pp. 1-10 : 10

Latreutes parvulus (Stimpson, 1866)

Diagnosis. Rostrum laterally compressed, almost circular in female, more elongate in male, upper margin with 6–8 teeth in female, 2–3 in male; few small teeth on tip; lower margin unarmed or with up to 5 shallow teeth, ventral part of rostrum produced somewhat backward.Caparace with middorsal row of 5–7 small, erect teeth; making an angle at base of mid dorsal row of teeth in females, upper margin nearly straight in males (WILLIAMS, 1984).

Material examined. CCDGR.– 43 ovig. ♀; 67♀; 34♂.

Measurements. CL: ovig. ♀ 2.04–3.47 mm; ♀ 1.32–1.48 mm; ♂ 1.16–2.09 mm.

Habitat. Coastal waters in sponges, among shells, dead coral, hydroids, and on seagrass beds; up to 44 m depth (WILLIAMS, 1984).

General distribution.Subtropical and tropical Atlantic.From North Carolina, USA, to Buenos Aires, Argentina (CHRISTOFFERSEN, 1998; RODRÍGUEZ-ALMARAZ et al., 2000), in the Western Atlantic; including the Gulf of Mexico, the Antilles, Venezuela and Guyana (WILLIAMS, 1984). In the Eastern Atlantic, from Western Sahara to Congo (WILLIAMS, 1984; CHRISTOFFERSEN, 1998).

Distribution in Venezuela. Cubagua Island (HERNÁNDEZ-ÁVILA et al., 2007). Now in Paraguaná Peninsula, FalcÓn state.