Pomatogebia operculata ( Schmitt, 1924 )

Mendonça, Luana M. C., Guimarães, Carmen R. P., Santos, Rafael C., Alves, Douglas F. R., Barros-Alves, Samara P., Silva, Sonja L. R. & Hirose, Gustavo L., 2019, Decapod crustaceans from the continental shelf of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 4712 (3), pp. 301-344 : 332

Pomatogebia operculata ( Schmitt, 1924)

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Material examined. Penaeid—2 (1 M, 1 OF); size range: 2.82 ≤ CSL ≤ 3.81 mm; average: CSL = 3.31 ± 0.70 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00321.

Stations. Penaeid—3.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Florida and Gulf of Mexico), Central America, the north of South America, and Brazil (from Ceará to Espírito Santo) ( Melo 1999).

Ecological notes. Coral escavator ( Melo 1999).

Remarks. Previously recorded as Upogebia operculata Schmitt ( Williams & Ngoc-Ho 1990).

Previous records in Sergipe. None.