Raninoides laevis (Latreille, 1825)

Ranina laevis Latreille, 1825: 268 .

Material examined. None.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (North Carolina to Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Venezuela, and Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, São Paulo) (Rathbun 1937; Sawaya 1944; Guinot-Dumortier 1959; Holthuis 1959; Coelho 1969; Coelho & Ramos 1972; Powers 1977; Goeke 1980, 1984; Taissoun 1982; Williams 1984; Abele & Kim 1986; Barreto et al. 1993; Moran & Dittel 1993; Melo 1996; Barros & Pimentel 2001; Almeida et al. 2007a; Almeida & Coelho 2008; Coelho et al. 2008; Felder et al. 2009).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo do not include the specific locality or analyzed material; this occurrence is based on a bibliographic survey (Dall’Occo et al. 2004). It is found from shallow waters to 200m in different sort of habitats (Melo 1996; Almeida et al. 2007a), being difficult to sample it.