L. callinectes Couch, 1967

Lagenophrys sp. Couch 1966: 171, 172.

Lagenophrys callinectes Couch 1967: 204; Sprague 1970: 429; Sprague & Couch 1971: 533; Clamp 1973: 561;

Couch 1973: 638-647; Felgenhauer 1982: 148.

Museum Depositions. USNM. 42344, 42345, 42346, 42347,42348, 24239 Holotypes; 24240 Paratype.

Habitat. Marine, estuarine.

Distribution. BR: Neartic, Neotropical (Mayén-Estrada & Aguilar-Aguilar 2012).

USA: Florida, Indian River Co., Vero Beach, W bank of Indian R. N of FLA 60 (27°38'16.43"N, 80°22'32.68"W); Near Pensacola, Gulf of Mexico. Georgia, estuaries. Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, near New Orleans; S of Terrebonne Parish, Shipshoal lease area (Gulf of Mexico) (29°1'59.58”N, 90°44'52.3”W). Maryland, Chesapeake Bay. North Carolina, Cartaret Co., 26 km N Beaufort, Adams Cr.; Beaufort (34°57'7.34"N, 76°39'20.06"W). South Carolina, Charleston Co., Charleston, Wando R.; Trenchard´s Inlet (32°45'2.45"N, 79°52'49.09"W). Virginia, Chincoteague Bay.

Venezuela: L. Maracaibo; Rio de los Pojaros 1 km upstream from L. Maracaibo.

Hosts. USA: Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, C. bocourti A. Milne-Edwards (gills), Palaemonetes sp. (gills).

Venezuela: C. bocourti, C. maracaiboensis Taissoun, C. sapidus (gills).

References. Couch 1967, 1973; Clamp 1984, 1989; Messick 1998; Fernandez-Leborans & Tato-Porto 2000.