Pilumnus diomedeae Rathbun, 1894

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 : 321

Pilumnus diomedeae Rathbun, 1894

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Material examined. Petro-UFS—11 (6 M, 2 J); size range: 5.96 ≤ CW ≤ 15.2 mm; average: CW = 11.24 ± 3.43 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00078. Penaeid—31 (15 M, 11 F, 4 OF, 1 NS); size range: 3.78 ≤ CW ≤ 21.00 mm; average: CW = 9.44 ± 4.10 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00242.

Stations. Petro-UFS—15; Penaeid—3, 4, 6, 8, and 9.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Gulf of Mexico ( USA), Antilles, Brazil (from Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul) ( Melo 1996).

Ecological notes. From depth between 24 to 340 m. On mud and coral bottoms ( Melo 1996). Associated with the Bryozoa Schizoporella unicornis in southeastern Brazil ( Alves et al. 2013).

Previous records in Sergipe. None.