Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909

Soledade, Guidomar O., Fonseca, Mytalle S. & Almeida, Alexandre O., 2015, Shallow-water stenopodidean and caridean shrimps from Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil: new records and updated checklist, Zootaxa 3905 (1) : -

Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909

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Material examined. 1 n-ov. female, 1 ov. female, Ilha de Santa Bárbara (17°57’49"S 38°41’53"W), coll. G.O. Soledade, 22.vii.2013, intertidal, under rocks, UESC 1563.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, North Carolina to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea (Yucatan to Venezuela) and Brazil (São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, Atol das Rocas, Ceará to Santa Catarina). Central Atlantic—Ascension and Saint Helena ( Christoffersen 1979, 1998; Holthuis et al. 1980; Manning & Chace 1990; Anker et al. 2012).

Previous records from Abrolhos. R/V Calypso, Sta. 85, between Ilha de Santa Bárbara and Siriba, 2–5 m ( Christoffersen 1979).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Some caridean (alpheid) shrimps from Ilha de Santa Bárbara, Abrolhos, Bahia, Brazil: A, Alpheopsis cf. trigona (Rathbun, 1901); B, Alpheus bouvieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1878; C, Alpheus carlae Anker, 2012; D, Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850; E, Alpheus verrilli (Schmitt, 1924); F, Automate cf. rectifrons Chace, 1972; G, Synalpheus cf. brevicarpus (Herrick, 1891); H, Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909. Scale bars = 5 mm.