Metoporhaphis calcarata (Say, 1818)

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 : 27

Metoporhaphis calcarata (Say, 1818)

Material examined (N=4). 1f, 19/IX/2000, 13°52’99”S / 38°59’59”W ( MZUESC #54); 1m, 07/VIII/2005, St. 0 5 ( MZUESC #678).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – North Carolina, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, and Brazil (from Rio Grande do Norte to Rio de Janeiro) ( Melo 1996).

Ecological notes. On coral, rocks, hydroids, and oysters. From shallow waters to 90 m ( Melo 1996).

Previous records in Bahia. Miers (1886) (as M. forficulatus A. Milne Edwards, 1878 ), Moreira (1901) (as M. forficulatus ), Joly et al. (1969), Gomes Corrêa (1972), Almeida et al. (2003, 2007).

Remarks. This species was recorded from Camamu Bay by Almeida et al. (2003). In Northeast Brazil, it ranges from Rio Grande do Norte to Abrolhos ( Miers 1886; Joly et al. 1969; Ferreira & Sankarankutty 2002).