Portunus spinimanus Latreille, 1819

Material examined (N=3). 1m, 24/IV/2004, St. 0 5 (MZUESC #690).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Bermuda, from New Jersey to southern Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Venezuela, Guyanas, and Brazil (from Pernambuco to Rio Grande do Sul) (Melo 1996).

Ecological notes. In brackish water from bays and channels, on sand, mud, and broken-shell bottoms. From shallow waters to 200 m (Melo 1996).

Previous records in Bahia. Smith (1869) (as Achelous spinimanus), Rathbun (1930), Barreto et al. (1993), Almeida et al. (2007).