Axianassa australis Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992

(Fig. 10A)

Axianassa australis Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992: 317–323, figs. 1–32.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 357, São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 1.xii.2000 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 354, São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, coll. F. Mantelatto, 10.xii.2000 ; 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 353, São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 11.xii.2000 ; 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 3847, São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 24.xi.2008 ; 1 ♂, 6 ♀, CCDB 1037, São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 21.ii.2011 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5620, São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 2.xii.2014 ; 3 ♂, 2 ♀, 2 j, CCDB 5632, São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 2.xii.2014 ; 5 ♂, 16 ♀ (14 ♀ ov), CCDB 6577, São Sebastião, Araçá mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 2.xii.2019 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— USA (Florida, Texas), southwestern Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Colombia, and Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Paraná) (Rodrigues & Shimizu 1992; Felder 2001; Melo et al. 2006; Coelho et al. 2007; Anker 2010; Rosa & Almeida 2012).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include São Sebastião (Rodrigues & Shimizu 1992; Kihara et al. 2005). The complete mitochondrial data was recently provided by Tan et al. (2019, MH234568). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 1037—16S (MF490232), COI (MF490135) (Mantelatto et al. 2018).