Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837

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 : 3-4

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
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scientific name	Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
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Alpheus armillatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 View in CoL View at ENA

Previous records. (?) Abele, 1976: 273 [around Colón]; (?) Birkeland et al., 1976: 135 [Galeta reef]; (?) Heck, 1977: 234 [around Galeta Island]; (?) Heck and Wetstone, 1977: 200 [around Galeta]; (?) Cubit and Williams, 1983: 24 [Galeta Point]; (?) Abele and Kim, 1989: 14 [Gatun Locks]; Matthews and Anker, 2009: 277 [Bocas del Toro, Isla Grande; as A. cf. armillatus A]; Anker, 2012: 9 [Isla Grande, Bocas del Toro].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 1 spec., Isla Colón , Boca del Drago, 09°24.924’N 082°19.824’W, in rubble in sea grass bed, leg. S. De Grave, 10.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008-14-117; 1 spec., Isla Bastimentos , Cayo Coral (Coral Cay), 09°14.502’N 082°08.288’W, under rocks and coral rubble, 1 m, leg. A. Anker, 11.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008-14-122.

Remarks. Known with certainty from several localities in the Caribbean Sea, southern Florida and the Gulf of Mexico (Anker, 2012); records from further north (eastern USA) or south ( Brazil) belong to either A. angulosus or one of the new species described in Anker (2012); in mixed sand-rubble habitats, 0– 10 m. The true identity of older Panamanian records cannot be resolved as they may refer to any of the Caribbean species of the A. armillatus complex(see Anker, 2012).