Salmoneus cf. ortmanni (Rankin, 1898)

Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 1553, pp. 1-45 : 13-14

Salmoneus cf. ortmanni (Rankin, 1898)

Material examined (N=1). 1m, 07/VIII/2005, St. 0 7 ( MZUESC #707).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Bermuda, Bahamas, Yucatan Peninsula, Guadeloupe, and Brazil (Pernambuco, Sergipe, São Paulo, and Paraná) ( Christoffersen 1982; Ramos-Porto et al. 1994). Records from the eastern Pacific (Gulf of California, Ríos & Carvacho, 1982) may refer to other species (A. Anker, personal communication).

Ecological notes. Species of the S. ortmanni complex occur in various habitats, including bays and estuaries, seagrass and mud flats, tidal pools, and coral reefs. From shallow waters to 22 m ( Christoffersen 1982).

Previous records in Bahia. None.

Remarks. Species complex, with at least three species in the western Atlantic and possibly two different species in the eastern Pacific (A. Anker, personal communication). Species of this complex appear to be common in the Caribbean, whereas reports from Brazil are rather rare. Christoffersen (1982) extended the southern boundary of what he believed to be S. ortmanni (actually Salmoneus n. sp. aff. ortmanni, A. Anker , personal communication) from the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil (São Paulo and Paraná). Some specimens examined by Christoffersen were collected on muddy shelf sediments. A further record, the first for northeastern Brazil, was provided by Ramos-Porto et al. (1994), who examined material from Pernambuco and Sergipe. All their specimens came from estuarine muddy bottoms and were collected during low tide. The present record reduces the gap in this species’ range between Sergipe and São Paulo.