Mithraculus coryphe (Herbst, 1801)

Mantelatto, Fernando L., Tamburus, Ana Francisca, Magalhães, Tatiana, Buranelli, Raquel C., Terossi, Mariana, Negri, Mariana, Castilho, Antonio L., Costa, Rogério C. & Zara, Fernando J., 2020, Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: III. Infraorder Brachyura Latreille, 1802, Zootaxa 4872 (1), pp. 1-108 : 39

Mithraculus coryphe (Herbst, 1801)

( Figure 13A )

Cancer coryphe Herbst, 1801: 8 , pl. 11, fig. 63.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 5041 , Ubatuba, Ilha das Couves , colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 19.x.2012 ; 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 4626 , Ilhabela, Ilha dos Búzios , coll. F. Zara, 10.iv.2013 .

Distribution. WesternAtlantic—USA (Florida),Antilles, and Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, Ceará, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, São Paulo) ( Melo 1996; Coelho et al. 2008; Felder et al. 2009; Pachelle et al. 2016).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo include Ilha Vitória ( Alves et al. 2012a). Assugeni et al. (2017) carried out the spermatozoa ultrastructure with samples from Ilha das Couves (Ubatuba) and Laje de Santos (Santos), without specifying the collecting point in both municipalities, which is officially made herein. This species was recorded in Brazil as Mithrax coronatus and Mithrax coryphe (see Coelho et al. 2008 for references). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 5041—16S ( MF490192 ), COI ( MF490098 ) ( Mantelatto et al. 2018a).

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FIGURE 13. Family Mithracidae. A) Mithraculus coryphe (Herbst, 1801) (CCDB 5041). B) Mithraculus forceps A. Milne- Edwards, 1875 [in A. Milne-Edwards, 1873–1880] (CCDB 5079). C) Mithraculus sculptus (Lamarck, 1818) (CCDB 5091). D) Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790) (CCDB 2950). E) Mithrax tortugae (Rathbun, 1920) (CCDB 4896). F) Omalacantha bicornuta (Latreille, 1825) (CCDB 1422). G) Teleophrys pococki Rathbun, 1901 (CCDB 5272). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo state: Ubatuba (A, B, C, E, F), São Sebastião (D). Sex: male (A, B, C, E, F, G), female (D). Scale bars (mm): A—5; B—10; C—11; D—30; E—22; F—10; G—6. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.