Notolopas brasiliensis Miers, 1886

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 : 315

Notolopas brasiliensis Miers, 1886

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Material examined. Petro-UFS—2 (1 M, 1 F); size range: 5.82 ≤ CW ≤ 8.57 mm; average: CW = 7.19 ± 1.94 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00049. Penaeid—6 (3 M, 1 F, 2 OF); size range: 5.19 ≤ CW ≤ 7.47 mm; average: CW = 6.41 ± 0.77 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00238.

Stations. Petro-UFS—11; Penaeid - 3, 4, and 6.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil (from Amapá to São Paulo) ( Melo 1996).

Ecological notes. From shallow waters to 30 m, on sand, and calcareous algae bottoms, occasionally on the sand and broken shells ( Melo 1996). Collected with the octocoral Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti) and under rocks covered by hydrozoans, and algae on a sandstone reef ( Almeida et al. 2010).

Previous records in Sergipe. Barreto et al. (1993), Coelho et al. (2004).