Stenopodidae Huxley, 1879

Alves, Maria De Lourdes, Ramos-Porto, Marilena & Viana, Girlene Fábia Segundo, 2008, Checklist of the Decapods (Crustacea) from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil, Zootaxa 1881, pp. 43-68 : 46

Family Stenopodidae Huxley, 1879

Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811)

Diagnosis: Williams, 1984:54, fig.35.

Previous records: Coelho and Ramos, 1972:157; Fausto Filho, 1974:6; Ramos-Porto, 1980:305; Williams, 1984:54; Abele and Kim, 1986:11; Manning and Chace, 1990:31; Coelho and Ramos-Porto, 1998a:323; Ramos-Porto and Coelho, 1998: 109; Coelho-Filho, 2006:11.

Examined material: Fernando de Noronha (without indication of locality), 10 males, 6 females (1 ovigerous). DEC/91: Ponta das Caracas, 1 cheliped; JAN/92: Praia da Conceição, 1 male; MAR/92: Praia do Porto, 1 female, Praia da Atalaia, 5 specimens; JUN/92: Praia da Caieira, 4 specimens, Praia do Cachorro, 2 specimens; AUG/92: Praia do Leão, 1 specimen; DEC/92: Baía do Sueste, 2 specimens; MAR/93: Baía dos Porcos, 2 specimens.

Habitat: Found always in the inside of caves, normally in pairs; collected during diurnal and nocturnal diving.

Stenopus scutellatus (Rankin, 1898)

Diagnosis: Williams, 1984:56, fig. 36.

Previous records: Chace Jr., 1972:145; Coelho and Ramos, 1972:157; Williams, 1984:56; Abele and Kim, 1986:11; Coelho and Ramos-Porto, 1998a:324; Ramos-Porto and Coelho, 1998: 109. Examined material: MAR/92: Praia do Cachorro, 1 male, 1 female. Habitat: In tide pool; bottom sandy-muddy and rocky-mud.