Rimapenaeus constrictus ( Stimpson, 1871 )

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 : 306

Rimapenaeus constrictus ( Stimpson, 1871)

Material examined. Petro-UFS—369 (1 M, 12 F, 3 NS); size range: 4.75 ≤ CL ≤ 17.04 mm; average: CL = 11.26 ± 3.41 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00085.

Stations. Petro-UFS—1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—From Canada (Nova Scotia) to Brazil (from Amapá to Santa Catarina) ( Costa et al. 2003).

Ecological notes. Shallow waters, from 2 to 40 m depth ( Williams 1984; Costa et al. 2003; Costa & Fransozo 2004). Found on sediments composed of shell, mud, and gravel ( Williams 1984; Costa & Fransozo 2004).

Remarks. Previously recorded as Penaeus constrictus ( Stimpson 1871) , as Penaeopsis agassizii Bouvier ( De Grave & Fransen 2011) , and as Trachypenaeus constrictus ( Pérez-Farfante 1971; Coelho & Ramos 1972; Coelho et al. 2006). Santos et al. (2016) found the specimens were downstream of the the São Francisco River, at the border of Alagoas and Sergipe.

Previous records in Sergipe. Santos et al. (2016).