Synalpheus, Spence Bate, 1888

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 : 329

Synalpheus ul ( Ríos & Duffy, 2007)

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Material examined. Penaeid—2 F; size range: 3.4 ≤ CL ≤ 4.1 mm; average: 3.75 ± 0.49 mm CL; CZUFS CRU- 00315.

Stations. Penaeid—4.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Belize, Panama, Jamaica, Curaçao, Barbados, and Brazil (Sergipe and Bahia) ( Hultgren et al. 2010; Almeida et al. 2012; Barros-Alves et al. 2015).

Ecological notes. Found at Caribbean inhabiting sponge’s channels from the genus Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, Hytella Férussac , Lissodendoryx Topsent , Spirastrella Schmidt , Agelas Duchassaing, and Michelotti and Xestospongia Laubenfels ( Macdonald et al. 2009; Hultgren et al. 2010; Almeida et al. 2012).

Remarks. Found in the present study associated with a bryozoan ( Reteporella sp., Phidolopodidae). It is a member of a species complex, which includes Synalpheus pandionis Coutière , S. dardaui (Ríos & Duffy) , and S. yano (Ríos & Duffy) ( Macdonald et al. 2009) .

Previous records in Sergipe. Barros-Alves et al. (2015).