Notolopas brasiliensis Miers, 1886

(Figure 5A)

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).