Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850

Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850 View in CoL

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Alpheus formosus Gibbes, 1850: 196 View in CoL .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 4835, Ubatuba, Ilha das Couves, 19.x.2012; 1 ♀, CCDB 5757, Ubatuba, Enseada do Mar Virado, off shore 35 m, coll. D. Rosa, 24.xi.2014; 1 ♀, CCDB 4905, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, coll. F. Mantelatto et al., 20.x.2012; 2 ♀ ( 1 ♀ ov), CCDB 4847, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, 20.x.2012; 1 ♀, CCDB 4574, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, coll. D. Alves, 11.iv.2013; 1 ♀, CCDB 6306, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, coll. A. Castilho et al., ix.2015; 2 ♀ ( 1 ♀), CCDB 6307, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, coll. A. Castilho et al., iii–vi.2016; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 2182, Ilhabela, Praia do Engenho D’água, coll. F. Mantelatto & E. Mossolin, 01.v.2007; 2 ♂, CCDB 6305, Santos, Laje de Santos, coll. A. Castilho et al., ix.2016.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, USA ( North Carolina, Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, West Indies, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil (Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Trindade and Martim Vaz islands, Ceará to Santa Catarina) ( Lemaitre 1984; Christoffersen 1998; Masunari et al. 1998; Anker et al. 2008a; Cunha et al. 2015; Giraldes & Freire 2015; Anker et al. 2016).

Previous records. Ubatuba ( Christoffersen 1979; Morgado & Tanaka 2001); São Sebastião, São Sebastião Island (Municipality of Ilhabela), Santos and Itanhaém (Williams 1965; Christoffersen 1979); no new material provided ( Christoffersen 1998).

Remarks. GenBank accession number: CCDB 2182—16S ( KU312969 View Materials ), COI ( KU313001 View Materials ).