Kemponia americana (Kingsley, 1878)

Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 1553, pp. 1-45 : 11

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.178168

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3507084

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scientific name

Kemponia americana (Kingsley, 1878)
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Kemponia americana (Kingsley, 1878)

Material examined (N=86). 2m, 9f, 12/VI/2004, St. 0 1 ( MZUESC #651) ; 7m, 10f, 24/III/2005, St. 0 4 ( MZUESC #730); 14m, 5f, 1ni, 25/III/2005, St. 0 5 ( MZUESC #731); 2m, 1f, 1ni, 07/VIII/2005, St. 0 5 ( MZUESC #743).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – from North Carolina to western Gulf of Mexico, Antilles (West Indies to Aruba), and Brazil (Rocas Atoll, oceanic banks off Ceará, and from Amapá to Alagoas, Espírito Santo, and São Paulo) ( Williams 1984; Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1998; Calado & Sousa 2003).

Ecological notes. In sand and gravel bottoms, seagrass, tidepools, and in sponges. From shallow waters to 105 m ( Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1990; Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1998; Calado & Sousa 2003).

Previous records in Bahia. None.

Remarks. This species was recently transferred from the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1844 to Kemponia erected by Bruce (2004). Although K. americana is known from several states in northern and northeastern Brazil, cited as P. americanus ( Coelho & Ramos 1972; Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1990; Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1998; Calado & Sousa 2003), we found no literature records between the states of Alagoas and Espírito Santo. Hence, we record the species from Bahia for the first time.

Calado, T. C. S. & Sousa, E. C. (2003) Crustaceos do complexo estuarino-lagunar Mundau / Manguaba Alagoas. FAPEAL, Maceio, 116 pp.

Coelho, P. A. & Ramos, M. A. (1972) A constituicao e a distribuicao da fauna de decapodos do litoral leste da America do Sul entre as latitudes 5 o N e 39 o S. Trabalhos Oceanograficos da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 13, 133 - 236.

Coelho Filho, P. A. & Coelho, P. A. (1998) Descricao de tres especies novas de Chasmocarcinus Rathbun (Crustacea, Decapoda, Goneplacidae), do litoral brasileiro. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 15 (3), 799 - 814.

Ramos-Porto, M. & Coelho, P. A. (1990) Sinopse dos crustaceos decapodos brasileiros (familia Palaemonidae). Anais da Socidade Nordestina de Zoologia, 3, 93 - 111.

Williams, A. B. (1984) Shrimps, Lobsters and Crabs of the Atlantic coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 550 pp.

MZUESC

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

SubClass

Eumalacostraca

Order

Decapoda

SubOrder

Pleocyemata

InfraOrder

Caridea

SuperFamily

Palaemonoidea

Family

Palaemonidae

SubFamily

Pontoniinae

Genus

Kemponia