Synalpheus minus ( Say, 1818 )

Almeida, Alexandre O., Terossi, Mariana, Buranelli, Raquel C., Castilho, Antonio L., Costa, Rogério C., Zara, Fernando J. & Mantelatto, Fernando L., 2018, Checklist of decapods (Crustacea) from the coast of São Paulo State (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: II. Infraorder Caridea: family Alpheidae, Zootaxa 4450 (3), pp. 331-358 : 348

Synalpheus minus ( Say, 1818)

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Alpheus minus Say, 1818: 245 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ind, CCDB 4877 , Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba , Praia Itaguá , coll. M. Negri & N. Rossi, 11.ix.2013 ; 1 ind, CCDB 4906, Ubatuba, Praia Itaguá, coll. M. Negri et al., 11.ix.2013; 2 ind, CCDB 6300 , Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória , coll. A. Castilho et al., vi. 2015 ; 2 ind, CCDB 6301 , Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória , coll. A. Castilho et al., iii. 2016 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, USA (North Carolina) to Brazil (Ceará to São Paulo) ( Christoffersen 1979; 1998; Bezerra & Coelho 2006).

Previous records. São Sebastião ( Christoffersen 1979); no new material provided ( Christoffersen 1998).

Remarks. See remarks of S. antillensis . GenBank accession number: CCDB 4877—16S ( KU312991 ), COI ( KU313016 )

Figures

FIGURE 3. A) Synalpheus apioceros Coutière, 1909 (CCDB 5269). B) Synalpheus brevicarpus (Herrick, 1891) (CCDB 5047; green/blue chela morphotype). C) Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909, (CCDB 5267). D) Synalpheus minus (Say, 1818) (CCDB 4906). E) Synalpheus tenuispina Coutière, 1909 (CCDB 5268). F) Synalpheus townsendi Coutière, 1909 (CCDB 5696). Specimens from Brazil, São Paulo, Ubatuba. Scale bars (mm): A—4; B—7.5; C, D—6; E, F—3. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli (A–E) and D.L. Felder (F).