Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785)

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Cancer pudibundus Herbst, 1785: 199–200 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 2 ♂, 2 ♀, CCDB 311, Ubatuba, offshore, coll. F. Mantelatto, 20.xi.2002; 1 ♂, CCDB 1100, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, colls. D. Rosa & F. Mantelatto, iii.2003 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 3705, Ubatuba, offshore, coll. D. Rosa, 15.xi.2011 ; 2 ♂, CCDB 3624, Ubatuba, offshore, coll. D. Rosa, ix.2011 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 1386, Ubatuba, Ilha Anchieta, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., vii.2002 ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 4282, Ilhabela, coll. J. Gomes, 25.ii.2002 ; 6 ♂, 9 ♀ (1 ♀ ov), CCDB 13, Bertioga, Canal de Bertioga, 10.ix.1989 ; 3 ♂, 36 ♀ (4 ♀ ov), CCDB 1445, São Vicente, colls. A. Castilho et al., 24.x.2011; 4 ♂, 8 ♀ (2 ♀ ov), CCDB 3238, Cananéia, colls. T. Davanso et al., 18.iv.2011; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 5210, Cananéia, colls. R. Costa et al., 11.iii.2012 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5088, Cananéia, colls. R. Costa et al., 22.vii.2012 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Georgia, Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guianas, and Brazil (Maranhão, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul). Eastern Atlantic—Guinea to South Africa (Holthuis 1959; Williams 1965, 1984; Fausto-Filho 1966, 1967; Coelho & Ramos 1972; Powers 1977; Lemaitre 1981; Taissoun 1984; Abele & Kim 1986; Bordin 1987; Moran & Dittel 1993; Souza 1997; Melo et al. 1998; Viana et al. 2003; Almeida et al. 2007a, b; Felder et al. 2009; Melo 2010; Diez & Jover 2015; Mendonça et al. 2019).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo include Ubatuba (Mantelatto & Fransozo 2000; Bertini et al. 2004, 2010; Bertini & Fransozo 2004; Braga et al. 2005; Fransozo et al. 2012; Mantelatto et al. 2016a; Camargo et al. 2020); Caraguatatuba (Braga et al. 2005); and Ilhabela (Ilha de São Sebastião, Rathbun 1937 as Hepatus princeps). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 1445—16S (MF490141), COI (MF490086) (Mantelatto et al. 2018a).