Synalpheus herricki 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 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
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scientific name	Synalpheus herricki Coutière, 1909
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Previous records. Birkeland et al., 1976: 137 [Galeta reef]; Cubit and Williams, 1983: 24 [Galeta Point].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 10 spec., Isla San Cristóbal, eastern side, Laguna Porras , 09°16.514’N 082°14.833’W, from Agelas cf. dispar Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864 , 7 m, leg. S. De Grave, 02.08.2005, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2005-10-083; 1 spec., Isla Bastimentos ,

Cayo Coral , 09°15.028’N 082°07.897’W, in coral rubble, 4 m, leg. S. De Grave, 07.08.2005, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2005-10-082.

Remarks. Widely distributed but relatively uncommon western Atlantic species, ranging from southern Florida to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, and further south to Ceará, Brazil ( Anker et al., 2012); lives in female-male pairs in a variety of sponges, 5– 73 m.