Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853

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217. Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853

Type locality: Gulf of Taranto .

Synonyms: Elasmopus affinis Della Valle, 1893 ; Elasmopus congoensis Shoemaker, 1920 ; Gammarus brevicaudatus H. Milne Edwards, 1830 sensu Spence Bate, 1857 ; Maera brevicaudata (Spence Bate, 1862) ; Megamoera brevicaudata Spence Bate, 1862 .

Distribution. World: Gulf of Taranto ( Costa 1853), South Africa ( Barnard 1955), Mediterranean Sea ( Ayari 2004), Gulf of Mexico ( Felder & Camp 2009), Greece ( Koukouras 2010), Caribbean Sea, Cuba ( Miloslavich et al. 2010), North Atlantic Ocean ( Borges et al. 2010), Ireland (Guiry & Guiry 2011), India ( Sivaprakasam 1968a).

India: Western India Ecoregion: Arabian Sea ( Surya Rao 1972); South India Ecoregion: Tamil Nadu ( Sivaprakasam 1968a); Northern Bay of Bengal Ecoregion: Bay of Bengal ( Surya Rao 1972).