Callichirus major (Say, 1818)

(Fig. 6A)

Callianassa major Say, 1818: 238 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, CCDB 2858, Ubatuba, Praia da Fazenda, coll. R. Castro, 6.ii.1997 ; 5 ♂, 2 ♀, CCDB 4124, Ubatuba, Praia do Perequê-Açu, coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.ix.2004 ; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, CCDB 1928, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 5.iv.2011 ; 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 356, Ubatuba, Praia do Lázaro, coll. F. Mantelatto, 10.xii.2000 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 2193, Ubatuba, Praia do Lázaro, coll. D. Cavallari, 15.vii.2007 ; 4 ♀, CCDB 2872, Ubatuba, Praia do Lázaro, coll. D. Peiró, 17.ix.2008 ; 4 ♂, 11 ♀, CCDB 2661, Ubatuba, Praia do Lázaro, coll. D. Peiró, 23.xi.2008 ; 1 ♀ intersex, CCDB 3848, Ubatuba, Praia do Lázaro, colls. R. Robles & N. Grilli, 22.ii.2011 ; 5 spec., CCDB 712, Caraguatatuba, Foz do rio Juqueriquerê, colls. D. Peiró & E. Mossolin, 1.v.2009 ; 1 ♀ intersex, CCDB 2871, São Sebastião, Praia do Segredo, coll. D. Peiró, 4.xi.2006 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 5639, São Sebastião, Praia Barequeçaba, colls. F. Mantelatto & D. Peiró, 9.xi.2004 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5640, São Sebastião, Praia Barequeçaba, colls. F. Mantelatto & D. Peiró, 9.xi.2004 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5641, São Sebastião, Praia Barequeçaba, colls. F. Mantelatto & D. Peiró, 9.xi.2004 ; 5 ♂, 4 ♀ (1 ♀ ov), CCDB 452, São Sebastião, Praia de Barequeçaba, coll. D. Esposito, 1.v.2005 ; 7 ♀ ov, CCDB 2887, São Sebastião, Praia de Barequeçaba, colls. F. Mantelatto & D. Peiró, 11.xi.2007 ; 5 ♂, 11 ♀, CCDB 2677, São Sebastião, Praia de Barequeçaba, colls. D. Peiró et al., 24.xi.2008 ; 8 ♂, 15 ♀ (8 ♀ ov), CCDB 5497, São Sebastião, Praia Barequeçaba, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 2.xii.2014 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 2870, Mongaguá, Praia de Mongaguá, coll. G. Baba, 27.xi.2003 ; 3 ♀, CCDB 4630, São Itanhaém, Praia de São Fernando, coll. C. Silveira, 14.ii.2013 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5084, Ilha Comprida, colls. F. Mantelatto & R. Robles, 22.vii.2012 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5841, Ilha Comprida, Praia Boqueirão Sul, colls. F. Mantelatto & R. Robles, 22.vii.2012 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— USA (North Carolina to Florida), Gulf of Mexico (from Texas to Mississippi), and Brazil (Pará, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina) (Rodrigues 1983; Williams 1984; Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1986; Manning & Felder 1986; Coelho & Coelho-Santos 1993; Staton & Felder 1995; Rodrigues & Shimizu 1997; Souza et al. 1998; Melo 1999; Strasser & Felder 1999; Dworschak 2000; Alves et al. 2005; Coelho et al. 2007; Souza et al. 2020; Rosa 2021).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include Ubatuba, São Sebastião, and Santos Bay (Rodrigues 1965, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1983, 1985; Rodrigues & Shimizu 1997; Pedrucci & Borges 2009; Peiró & Mantelatto 2011; Peiró et al. 2014; Pires-Vanin et al. 2014; Moschetto et al. 2020, Santos et al. 2021). There are additional genes sequenced (ULLZ 6056: 12S— EU875028, H3— MN238261, 16S— EU882918; ULLZ 6055: 18S— MN238018) by Felder & Robles (2009) and Robles et al. (2020). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 2938—16S (JX878478), COI (MF490064) (Mantelatto et al. 2018; present study).