Pylopagurus discoidalis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

Tavares, Daniel Lima Harry Boos Marcos, 2023, Six new records of decapod crustacean species (Anomura, Brachyura) from southern Brazil, Nauplius (e 2023015) 31, pp. 1-12 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2023015
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scientific name	Pylopagurus discoidalis
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Pylopagurus discoidalis View in CoL

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

New material. 1 female ( MZUSP 21751 View Materials ), Santa Catarina, off Itajaí , from 26°41.527”S 46°42.200”W to 26°40.652”S 46°43.430”W, R / V “Soloncy Moura”, 08.xi. 2009, 205 m .

Comparative material. 1 specimen ( MZUSP 13857 View Materials ), Santa Catarina, off Florianópolis, 27°28.70’S 47°09.66’W, REVIZEE Score Sul , stn6786, 15.iii. 1998, 380 m GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. McLaughlin and Lemaitre (2001), and

Nucci and Melo (2011).

Distribution and habitat. Western Atlantic: eastern coast of United States (from North Carolina to Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Antilles, and Brazil (Amapá to Santa Catarina); in soft mud bottoms from 11 to 1020 m ( Lemaitre and Tavares, 2015).

Remarks. The record of Py. discoidalis from Santa Catarina has been hitherto based on only one small, damaged specimen reported by Nucci and Melo (2011). The present new material confirms Santa Catarina as the southern limit of Py. discoidalis .