Cronius tumidulus ( Stimpson, 1871 )

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 : 324

Cronius tumidulus ( Stimpson, 1871)

Material examined. Petro-UFS—4 (2 M, 1 F); size range: 9.59 ≤ CW ≤ 20.86 mm; average: CW = 14.51 ± 5.77 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00025. Penaeid—1 M; CW = 8.65 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00251.

Station. Petro-UFS—1, 5, and 12; Penaeid—9.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA ( Bermuda, Florida, and Gulf of Mexico), Antilles, Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil (from Amapá to São Paulo) ( Melo 1996; Coelho et al. 2008).

Ecological notes. On sand, rock, coral, and algae bottoms ( Melo 1996). Collected since the intertidal zone (on Halimeda sp.) to 35 m, as Achelous tumidulus ( Almeida et al. 2010) .

Previous records in Sergipe. Coelho et al. (1983), Barreto et al. (1993), Coelho et al. (2004).