Atya gabonensis Giebel, 1875

Mantelatto, Fernando L. & Al, Et, 2022, Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: V. Dendrobranchiata and Pleocyemata [Achelata, Astacidea, Axiidea, Caridea (Alpheoidea and Processoidea excluded), Gebiidea, Stenopodidea], Zootaxa 5121 (1), pp. 1-74 : 31

Atya gabonensis Giebel, 1875

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Atya gabonensis Giebel, 1875: 52 .

Material examined. None.

Distribution. Western Atlantic— Mexico, Venezuela, Suriname, and Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí, Alagoas, Sergipe, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo). Eastern Atlantic— Senegal, Mali, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, St. Thomas and Prince, Gabon, and Congo ( Giebel 1875; Hobbs 1980; Hobbs & Hart 1982; Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1998; Melo 2003; De Grave & Mantelatto 2013; Mantelatto et al. 2016c).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include Registro city (MZUSP 11443). There were doubts about the wide distribution of this species in the literature, but it has recently been confirmed to be amphiAtlantic (see Oliveira et al. 2021 for review). Sequences accession number (GenBank): MZUSP 11443—16S ( KY582529 ), COI ( KY582538 ) ( Oliveira et al. 2021).

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FIGURE 7. Family Atyiidae. A) Atya gabonensis Giebel, 1875 (CCDB 5264). B) Atya scabra (Leach, 1816) (CCDB 2153). C) Potimirim brasiliana Villalobos, 1959 (CCDB 6496). D) Potimirim potimirim (Müller, 1881) (CCDB 5926). Animals from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, São Fidelis (A); São Paulo, São Sebastião (B), Ubatuba (C), Cananéia (D). Sex: female (A), male (B, D), ovigerous female (C). Scale bars (mm): A—31; B—24; C—5; D—7. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli (A, B, D), and J.A.F Pantaleão (C).