Metalpheus rostratipes (Pocock, 1890)

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 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14666593
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scientific name	Metalpheus rostratipes (Pocock, 1890)
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Metalpheus rostratipes (Pocock, 1890) View in CoL

Previous records. Birkeland et al., 1976: 137 [Galeta reef]; Cubit and Williams, 1983: 24 [Galeta Point].

Material examined. Isla Grande. 1 spec., western point, in coral rocks, 0.5–1 m, leg. A. Anker et al., 06.10.2005, OUMNH. ZC .2011-03-048; 1 spec., north-eastern side, in coralline algae and coral rocks, leg. A. Anker et al., 16.09.2007, OUMNH. ZC .2010- 01-051.

Remarks. A pantropical taxon, in the western Atlantic recorded from Puerto Rico southwards to Fernando do Noronha, off northeastern Brazil, including the eastern Gulf of Mexico (Anker et al., 2016); living in crevices of coralline algae and dead corals, 0– 12 m.