Coryrhynchus algicola Stebbing, 1914

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 : 316

Coryrhynchus algicola Stebbing, 1914

Material examined. Petro-UFS—5 M; size range: 6.30 ≤ CW ≤ 14.45 mm; average: CW = 10.86 ± 3.09 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00107. Penaeid—1 OF; CW = 1.26 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00239.

Station. Petro-UFS—6 and 12; Penaeid—8.

Distribuição. Western Atlantic—Colombia and Brazil (from Maranhão to São Paulo, and Santa Catarina) ( Melo 1996 as Podochela algicola ; Coelho 2006; Bouzon & Freire 2007; Boos et al. 2012).

Ecological notes. From 24 to 90 m. Found on sand, and calcareous algae bottoms ( Melo 1996). Associated with macroalgae ( Bouzon & Freire 2007). Body camouflaged with pieces of algae among the setae of the ambulatory legs and on the carapace ( Melo 2008 as Podochela algicola ).

Remarks. Coelho (2006) transferred Podochela algicola from Podochela Stimpson to Coryrhynchus Kingsley , in a revision of the genus Podochela .

Previous records in Sergipe. Coelho (1971 a), Coelho et al. (1983) as Podochela algicola .