Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002

Alpheus angulosus McClure, 2002 View in CoL

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Material examined. Brazil — Maranhão: 1 ♂ (CL 8.96 mm), 2 ♀ ov (CL 8.67 mm, CL 9.09 mm), CCDB 6698 View Materials , São José de Ribamar, praia de Araçagi , 02°27’57”S 44°12’08”W, colls. J.N. Teles and N.F GoogleMaps . França, 11.xii.2019 .

Comparative material. Brazil — Pernambuco: 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 4518 View Materials , Ipojuca, praia de Serrambi , 08°33’51.28”S 35°01’34.91”W, colls. F.L. Mantelatto and F.B. Mantelatto, 01.i.2013 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 7316 View Materials , praia de Carneiros, Tamandaré , 08°41’41.17”S 35°04’28.60”W, coll. G.L. Bochini, 10.xii.2017 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, CCDB 7317 View Materials , rio Massangana, Suape , 08°21’34.49”S 34°57’40.34”W, coll. G.L. Bochini, 27.ix.2019 GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Western Atlantic — USA (North Carolina to Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, French Guyana, Brazil (Maranhão, Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha Islands, Ceará, Paraíba, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) ( Almeida et al., 2018; present study).

Remarks. The record presented herein from São José de Ribamar, Maranhão, extends the northern distribution range of the species in Brazil approximately 345 km from its previous occurrence in Barroquinha, Ceará (Pachelle et al., 2016).

GenBank accession numbers. CCDB 6698: COI (OQ108486-OQ108488); 16S (OQ110583- OQ110585).