Pagurus brevidactylus ( Stimpson, 1859 )

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 : 311

Pagurus brevidactylus ( Stimpson, 1859)

Material examined. Penaeid—2 M; size range: 0.811 ≤ CSL ≤ 15.33 mm; average: CSL = 8.07 ± 10.26 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00337.

Stations. Penaeid—3.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Central America, the north of South America, Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, and from Pernambuco to Santa Catarina) ( Melo 1999).

Ecological notes. From shallow waters to 50 m. On sand, algae, and rocks bottoms ( Melo 1999).

Remarks. The records made by Coelho (1964), as Pagurus miamensis , and by Coelho & Ramos (1972), as P. miamensis miamensis , were later attributed to P. brevidactylus , as its senior synonym ( Nucci & Melo 2007; Almeida et al. 2010).

Previous records in Sergipe. None.