Pachygrapsus gracilis

Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 1553, pp. 1-45 : 37

Pachygrapsus gracilis (de Saussure, 1858)

Material examined (N=2). 1m, 1f, 29/VIII/2004, St. 0 7 ( MZUESC #728).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Texas, Caribbean, French Guiana, Brazil (Trindade Island, and from Pará to Rio Grande do Sul), and Argentina. Eastern Atlantic – from Senegal to Angola ( Melo 1996; Barros et al. 1997a; Poupin et al. 2005).

Ecological notes. On rocky bottoms, in the intertidal zone. Under rocks or jetties, among mangrove roots, and on sandy beaches. Also in estuaries and reefs ( Melo 1996).

Previous records in Bahia. Rathbun (1918), Gouvêa (1986b), Almeida et al. (2006).