Farfantepenaeus subtilis ( Pérez-Farfante, 1967 )

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 : 304

Farfantepenaeus subtilis ( Pérez-Farfante, 1967)

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Material examined. Petro-UFS—1,421 (11 M, 20 F); size range: 16.17 ≤ CL ≤ 29.35 mm; average: CL = 23.26 ± 3.96 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00029. Penaeid—1,076 (418 M, 658 F); size range: 11.05 ≤ CL ≤ 42.55 mm; average: CL = 21.85 ± 5.00 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00346.

Stations. Petro-UFS—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17; Penaeid—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Caribbean Sea, Cuba, and the Antilles, the north of South America, and Brazil (from Amapá to Rio de Janeiro) ( D’Incao 1998).

Ecological notes. From shallow waters up to 190 m, more frequently at 75 m depth. Juvenile inhabits estuarine waters ( Almeida 2009).

Remarks. Previously recorded as Penaeus subtilis ( D’Incao 1998; Barros & Pimentel 2001), as Penaeus aztecus subtilis ( Pérez-Farfante 1967) , and as Penaeus (Melicertus) aztecus subtilis ( Pérez-Farfante 1969) .

Previous records in Sergipe. Coelho & Ramos (1972), Coelho & Santos (1994 /1995), and Santos et al. (2007).