Synalpheus pandionis Coutière, 1909

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 : 19

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
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scientific name	Synalpheus pandionis Coutière, 1909
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Previous records. Birkeland et al., 1976: 137 [Galeta reef]; Heck, 1977: 338 [around Galeta Island]; Heck, 1979: 198 [Caribbean Panama]; Cubit and Williams, 1983: 24 [Galeta Point]; Duffy, 1992: 131 [San Blas Islands]; Ríos and Duffy, 2007: 55 [San Blas, as Zuzalpheus pandionis ]; Anker et al., 2012: 59 [Bocas del Toro].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 1 spec., Isla Colón , Boca del Drago, sea grass bed, leg. A. Anker, 02.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC .2008-14-099; 1 spec., Isla Solarte , Hospital Point, in sponge, leg. J.F. Lazarus, 04.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC .2008-14-136; 1 spec. Isla Colón , Boca del Drago, sea grass bed, 1 m, leg. S. De Grave, 02.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC .2008-14-026.

Remarks. Widely distributed in the western Atlantic, ranging from Florida southwards to northern Brazil, including numerous localities in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico ( Anker et al., 2012); earlier records may refer to related taxa; lives in male-female pairs in several species of sponges, 0– 80 m.