Stenopus scutellatus Rankin, 1898

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 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
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scientific name	Stenopus scutellatus Rankin, 1898
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Stenopus scutellatus Rankin, 1898 View in CoL

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Previous records. Cubit and Williams, 1983: 25

[Galeta Point].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 1 spec., Isla Colón , Boca del Drago, 09°24.764’N 082°19.868’W, under rocks, leg. S. De Grave, 05.08.2008, OUMNH GoogleMaps .

ZC.2008-14-047; 2 spec., Isla San Cristobal, Punta Coco , 1–1.5 m, leg. A. Anker, 29.10.2005 , OUMNH. ZC.2006-10-006.

Remarks. Common western Atlantic species, distributed from Bermuda across the entire Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil ( Felder et al., 2009), at depths of 1–182 m; well-known fish cleaner, often encountered on or near the barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta (Schmidt, 1870) .