Portunus anceps ( Saussure, 1857 )

Mendonça, Luana M. C., Guimarães, Carmen R. P., Santos, Rafael C., Alves, Douglas F. R., Barros-Alves, Samara P., Silva, Sonja L. R. & Hirose, Gustavo L., 2019, Decapod crustaceans from the continental shelf of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 4712 (3), pp. 301-344 : 324

Portunus anceps ( Saussure, 1857)

Material examined. Petro-UFS—2 M; size range: 12.50 ≤ CW ≤ 28.43 mm; average: CW = 20.47 ± 11.26 mm;

CZUFS CRU- 00024. Station. Petro-UFS—5 and 17. Distribution. Western Atlantic—North Carolina, Bermuda, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, and Brazil (from Amapá to São Paulo) ( Melo 1996; Bertini et al. 2004). Ecological notes. Lives on sand, mud, hard bottoms, and on shells, also found on algae bottoms ( Melo 1996). Remarks. Previously recorded as Portunus (Portunus) anceps ( Melo 1996; Bertini et al. 2004; Coelho et al.

2008). Previous records in Sergipe. Coelho et al. (2004, 2008).