Merguia rhizophorae (Rathbun, 1900)

Anker, Sammy De Grave and Arthur, 2017, An annotated checklist of marine caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Malacostraca: Decapoda) of the Caribbean coast of Panama, Nauplius (e 2017015) 25, pp. 1-40 : 25

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14666703
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887A4-FF82-FF8C-2897-FB3F294B0DE8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Merguia rhizophorae (Rathbun, 1900)
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Treatment

Previous records. Abele, 1970: 661 [mangrove area on the Atlantic coast of Panama]; Abele, 1972a: 132 [Caribbean Panama]; Abele, 1976: 268 [around Colón]; Gilchrist et al., 1983: 239 [Galeta Island]; Baeza et al., 2009: 417 [Bocas del Toro]; Baeza, 2010: 257 [Bocas del Toro]; Fiedler et al., 2010: 4 [Bocas del Toro]

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 2 spec., Isla Colón , between STRI station and Playa Bluff, fossil coral terrace, intertidal, at night, leg. A. Baeza, 2007; OUMNH . ZC.2009-06-005; 2 spec., same location, leg. A. Baeza, 2008, OUMNH . ZC.2010-04-022.

Remarks. Amphi-Atlantic taxon, in the western Atlantic sparsely recorded from Panama southwards to Bahia, Brazil ( Almeida et al., 2012); typically around driftwood and between prop roots in supratidal mangrove areas, semi-terrestrial.