Brachycarpus biunguiculatus ( Lucas, 1846 )

Cardoso, Irene, 2006, Caridea (Crustacea, Decapoda) collected on the Brazilian (13 / 22 S) continental shelf and slope, Zootaxa 1364, pp. 1-44 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.174755
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3504567
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scientific name	Brachycarpus biunguiculatus ( Lucas, 1846 )
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Brachycarpus biunguiculatus ( Lucas, 1846) View in CoL

Palaemon biunguiculatus Lucas, 1846: 45 View in CoL , pl. 4, fig. 4.

Brachycarpus savignyi Bate, 1888: 795 View in CoL , pl. 129, fig. 4.

Brachycarpus biunguiculatus View in CoL — Holthuis, 1951b: 3 (with synonym); Chace, 1972: 18.

Material examined: 18o02´70”S, 37o19´74”W, 100m, 1 ovigerous female (6mm), 1 female (6mm), 1 male (7mm), MNRJ 17133; 16o47´13”S, 38o41´48”W, 50m, 2 females (5, 5mm), 1 male (4mm), MNRJ 17724; 13o38´98”S, 38o45´94”W, 55m, 1 male (4.5mm), MNRJ 17725; 19o16´20”S, 38o01´10”W, 67m, 1 male (5mm), MNRJ 17728; 20o10´11”S, 37o27´70”W, 60m, 2 females (5, 6mm), 1 male (8.5mm), MNRJ 17132; 19o48´47”S, 37o56´33”S, 60m, 1 ovigerous female (7.2mm), MNRJ 17736; 21o09´55”S, 40o19´43”W, 46m, 1 male (6.5mm), MNRJ 17740; 20o31´17”S, 29o21´03”W, 50–65m, 2 females (3.2, 4.5mm), MNRJ 17744; 16o19´55”S, 38o14´39”W, 40m, 1 female (3.2mm), MNRJ 18526; 20o29´32”S, 28o51´27”W, 50m, 1 female (4.8mm), MNRJ 19455; 20o42´47”S, 35o27´41”W, 55–60m, 2 females (3, 5mm), 1 male (3mm), MNRJ 19456.

Diagnosis: Carapace, upper margin of rostrum with 7–8 teeth, lower margin with 3 teeth; antennal and hepatic spines present. Stylocerite half of basal antennular article length, anterolateral tooth reaches end of second antennular article. Scaphocerite with strong terminal tooth overreaching end of blade. Dactyli of pereopods 3 to 5 bifid (modified from Holthuis, 1951b).

Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: West Africa ( Liberia), American eastern coast, Caribbean Sea, Brazil (from Amapá to Espírito Santo, Fernando de Noronha and Rocas Atoll (03o52'S, 0 33o 48'W)). Pacific and Indian Oceans: American western coast ( Clipperton Island); Red Sea, Tanganyika, Ceylon, Japan, Hawaii. Mediterranean.

Remarks: This species was recently redescribed and figured in the paper of Cardoso & Young (in press) from Rocas Atoll material. The material herein examined totally agrees with this redescription and figures.