Pseudopalaemon amazonensis Ramos-Porto, 1979

Vieira, Inacia Maria, Silva, Luiz Maurício Abdon, Almeida, Alini Gomes Santiago De, Almeida, Danilo Pelaes De, Silva-Júnior, Orleno Marques & Tavares-Dias, Marcos, 2022, Diversity, distribution and new records of freshwater and estuarine shrimp in the state of Amapá, eastern Brazilian Amazon region, Zootaxa 5178 (1), pp. 41-71 : 63

Pseudopalaemon amazonensis Ramos-Porto, 1979

Examined material. Municipality of Ferreira Gomes : Araguari River (00°51’34.23”N, 51°10’58.10”W), 2 males, 5 females and 3 females with eggs ( IEPA 1627 ) ( Figure 5 )

Geographic distribution. Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil (states of Amazonas and Pará) and ( Kensley & Walker 1982; Melo 2003; Valencia & Campos 2010, Pereira, 1991; Pereira et al. . (2010; Pimentel & Magalhães, 2014).

Distribution in Amapá state. Araguari River.

Previous records. This paper

Ecological notes. The species generally lives in open water with sandy substrate, occurring from small rivers to small streams and seasonal streams ( Sakihara et al., 2013).

Remarks. the specimens presented here match the descriptions of Kensley & Walker (1982); Melo (2003) and Pimentel & Magalhães (2014).

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FIGURE 5. Geographic distribution map of Palaemon carteri (Gordon, 1935); Pseudopalaemon amazonensis Ramos-Porto, 1979; Pseudopalemon chryseus Kensley & Walker, 1982 from the state of Amapá, in eastern Brazilian Amazon region.