Persephona lichtensteinii Leach, 1817

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 : 314

Persephona lichtensteinii Leach, 1817

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Material examined. Petro-UFS—151 (18 M, 23 F); size range: 17.33 ≤ CW ≤ 30.42 mm; average: CW = 24.20 ± 2.31 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00048. Penaeid—213 (105 M, 34 F, 74 OF); size range: 13.59 ≤ CW≤ 34.65 mm; average: CW = 20.43 ± 2.60 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00229.

Stations. Petro-UFS—1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17; Penaeid—2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil (from Amapá to São Paulo, and Santa Catarina) ( Melo 1996; Branco & Fracasso 2004; Freitas-Junior et al. 2010).

Ecological notes. From shallow waters to 70 m. On mud, sand, and calcareous algae bottoms ( Melo 1996).

Previous records in Sergipe. Coelho & Ramos (1972), Coelho et al. (1983), Barreto et al. (1993), Coelho et al. (2004).