Synalpheus apioceros Coutière, 1909

Almeida, Alexandre O., Boehs, Guisla, Araújo-Silva, Catarina L. & Bezerra, Luis Ernesto A., 2012, Shallow-water caridean shrimps from southern Bahia, Brazil, including the first record of Synalpheus ul (Ríos & Duffy, 2007) (Alpheidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, Zootaxa 3347, pp. 1-35 : 18

Synalpheus apioceros Coutière, 1909

Synalpheus apioceros Coutière, 1909: 27 , fig. 9.

Material examined. 2 f, 2 ni, 07.III.2008, Santa Cruz Cabrália, mouth of João de Tiba River (sandstone reef), MZUESC 1152; 1 f, 28.VIII.2007, Caravelas, Caravelas River, Farol Abrolhos Iate Clube, St. 2, MZUESC 988; 62 ni, 28.VIII.2007, Caravelas, Caravelas River, St. 1, MZUESC 1088; 2 f, 8 ni, 19.III.2007, Nova Viçosa, Pontal da Barra Beach, St. 3, MZUESC 830.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—southern Florida to Suriname, western Gulf of Mexico and Brazil (seamounts of North Brazilian Chain, Amapá to Santa Catarina) (Chace 1972; Christoffersen 1998; Coelho Filho 2006).

Ecological notes. In the intertidal, on reefs, under rocks and wood, and on jetties (on octocorals and among barnacles). Salinity range: 31–37 psu.

Previous records. Synalpheus cf. apioceros — Almeida et al. (2007b), Camamu Bay.

Remarks. Synalpheus apioceros is morphologically somewhat variable and may require a taxonomic revision based on both morphology and DNA (A. Anker, pers. comm.). The material from Bahia matches the description of S. apioceros in Coutière (1909).