Parapenaeus americanus Rathbun, 1901

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Parapenaeus americanus Rathbun, 1901: 102; pl. 2.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 5783, R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 1, 61 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 17.viii.2015 ; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, CCDB 5777, R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 8, 89 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 18.viii.2015 ; 4 ♀, CCDB 5823, R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 6, 132 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 18.viii.2015 ; 4 ♀, CCDB 5792, R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 11, 84 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 ; 7 ♂, 33 ♀, CCDB 5795, R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 13, 113 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5827, R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 9, 66 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— USA (Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guadaloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Belize, Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), and Uruguay (Bukenroad 1934; Springer & Bullis 1956; Mistakidis & Neiva 1966; Pérez Farfante 1977b; Lemaitre 1984; Abele & Kim 1986; D’Incao 1998; Yang et al. 2015; Alves-Júnior et al. 2019).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include Ubatuba and São Sebastião (Mistakidis & Neiva 1966; D’Incao 1995a). Sequence accession number (GenBank): CCDB 5827—16S (KX196597), COI (KX196539) (Rossi 2016).