Synalpheus brevicarpus Herrick, 1891

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 : 15-16

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
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scientific name	Synalpheus brevicarpus Herrick, 1891
status	sensu lato

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Synalpheus brevicarpus Herrick, 1891 View in CoL sensu lato

Previous records. Cubit and Williams, 1983: 24 [Galeta Point, as S. brevidactylus , lap. cal.]; Duffy, 1992: 131 [San Blas Islands, as Synalpheus sp. D (near brevicarpus )]; Morrison et al., 2004: 575 [San Blas Islands; not Isla Bartolomé, see below].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 7 spec., Isla Solarte , Hospital Point, 09°20.016’N 082°13.133’W, in Xestospongia rosariensis Zea and Rützler, 1983 , leg. S. De Grave, 06.08.2005, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2005-10-077; 1 spec., Swan Cay , 09°27.200’N 082°17.900’W, in Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816) , 3 m,leg. S. De Grave, 04.08.2005, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2005-10-080; 2 spec., Isla San Cristobal, eastern side, Laguna Porras , 09°17.342’N 082°15.384’W, in Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864) , 7 m, leg. S. De Grave, 03.08.2005, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2005-10-078.

Remarks. Widely distributed in the western Atlantic, however, comprised of several genetically, morphologically and chromatically distinct species ( Hultgren et al., 2014), of which several are present in Panama. The record of S. brevicarpus from Isla Bartolomé in the Las Perlas Archipelago, on the Pacific side of Panama ( Morrison et al., 2004), most likely refers to one of the three cryptic species in the Synalpheus digueti Coutière, 1909 complex (see Hultgren et al., 2014).