Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787)

(Figure 14G)

Cancer quadratus Fabricius 1787: 315 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 3272, Ubatuba, Praia do Itaguá, coll. R. Robles, 04. iv.2011 ; 4 ♂, 7 ♀, CCDB 293, Ubatuba, Praia Dura, coll. F. Mantelatto, 02.xi.1987 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 1926, Ubatuba, Praia Dura, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 04.iv.2011 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5087, Ubatuba, Praia Dura, coll. F. Mantelatto, 23.iv.2012 ; 8 j, 2 ♂, CCDB 3186, Ilha Comprida, Praia Boqueirão Sul, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 17.iv.2011 ; 13 ♂, 8 ♀, CCDB 3677, Ilha Comprida, Praia do Pontal, colls. F. Carvalho et al., 10.xi.2011 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Rhode Island, Florida), Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, Central America, Antilles, north of South America, Guianas, and Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, Pará, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) (Rathbun 1918; Chace & Hobbs 1969; Williams 1984; Abele & Kim 1986; Melo 1996; Barros & Pimentel 2001; Alves et al. 2008).

Remarks. Previous record on the coast of São Paulo includes Matuba (Rathbun 1918), probably a spelling mistake and the correct one is Ubatuba. Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 3186—16S (MT042114), COI (MT623342) (present study).