Ericthonius brasiliensis ( Dana, 1853 )

Thacker, Dimple, Patel, Krupal, Myers, Alan, Guerra-García, José M., Zeidler, Wolfgang & Trivedi, Jigneshkumar, 2023, Annotated Checklist of Marine Amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of India, Zootaxa 5340 (1), pp. 1-90 : 53

144. Ericthonius brasiliensis ( Dana, 1853)

Type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .

Synonyms: Cerapus brasiliensis ( Dana, 1853) ; Cerapus rapax (Stimpson, 1857) ; Erichthonius brasiliensis ( Dana, 1853) ; Ericthonius (Pyctilus) brasiliensis Dana, 1853; Ericthonius bidens Costa, 1853 ; Ericthonius disjunctus Stout, 1913 ; Ericthonius latimanus Grube, 1864; Ericthonius minax S.I. Smith, 1873 ; Ericthonius rapax Stimpson, 1857 .

Distribution. World: Brazil ( Dana 1853), North Atlantic Ocean ( Bellan-Santini & Costello 2001), Caribbean Sea, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba ( Miloslavich et al. 2010), India ( Nayar 1959).

India: Western India Ecoregion: Arabian Sea ( Surya Rao 1972 as Erichthonius brasiliensis ( Dana, 1853)) ;

South India Ecoregion: Tamil Nadu ( Nayar 1966 as Erichthonius brasiliensis ( Dana, 1853) ; Sivaprakasam 1970d); Eastern India Ecoregion: Tamil Nadu ( Nayar 1959 as Erichthonius brasiliensis ( Dana, 1853) ; Sivaprakasam 1970d; Lyla et al. 1998; Venkataraman 2007; Mondal et al. 2010; Thilagavathi et al. 2013 as Erichthonius brasiliensis ( Dana, 1853)) ; Northern Bay of Bengal: Bay of Bengal ( Surya Rao 1972 as Erichthonius brasiliensis ( Dana, 1853)) .

Remarks: Report from India requires confirmation.