Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909

Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909 View in CoL

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Synalpheus fritzmülleri Coutière, 1909: 35 , fig. 18.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 3 ind ( 2 ♀ ov), CCDB 906 View Materials , Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia Itaguá, coll. F. Mantelatto & A. Fransozo, 23.i.2003 ; 9 ind (1 ♀ov), CCDB 3511, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia Itaguá, ix.2008; 34 ind (13 ♀ov), CCDB 3416, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia Itaguá, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 22.ii.2011; 14 ind (8 ♀ov), CCDB 3833, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia Itaguá, on Schizoporella , coll. I. Leone et al., 25.i.2012; 11 ind (2 ♀ov), CCDB 4860, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, Praia Itaguá, on Schizoporella , 16.x.2012; 12 ind (4 ♀ov), CCDB 6141, Ubatuba, Enseada Ubatuba, Praia Itaguá, on Schizoporella , coll. F. Zara & M. Terossi, 09.iv.2013; 2 ind ( 1 ♀ ov), CCDB 3506 View Materials , Ubatuba, Praia Grande, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 22.ii.2011, on Phragmatopoma reefs; 1 ind, CCDB 5267 View Materials , Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória , 11.iv.2013 ; 1 ind, CCDB 3838, Cananéia, on rocks, coll. R. Costa, 29.viii.2011; 1 ind, CCDB 5761, Cananéia, coll. R. Costa, 18.viii.2012.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, USA ( North Carolina to Florida), Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico ( Yucatán) to Venezuela, Brazil (São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, Atol das Rocas, Trindade and Martim Vaz islands, Ceará to Santa Catarina). Central Atlantic—Ascension and Saint Helena Islands ( Christoffersen 1979; 1998; Holthuis et al. 1980; Manning & Chace 1990; Anker et al. 2012; 2016).

Previous records. Ubatuba ( Christoffersen 1979; Duarte & Nalesso 1996; Morgado & Tanaka 2001); São Sebastião ( Christoffersen 1979; Nalesso et al. 1995; Duarte & Nalesso 1996; Amaral et al. 2010; Anker et al. 2012); São Sebastião Island (Municipality of Ilhabela), São Sebastião Channel, Santo Amaro Island (Municipality of Guarujá), Santos and Itanhaém ( Christoffersen 1979).

Remarks. Synalpheus fritzmuelleri has a quite variable morphology and may require a complete study integrating morphology and DNA analyses to verify if it is a species complex (Anker et al. 2012). GenBank accession number: CCDB 3416—COI ( KU313015 View Materials ).