Petrochirus diogenes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined (N=10). 3m, 13/XI/2003, St. 0 8 (MZUESC #671).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – from North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Venezuela, Surinam, Brazil (from Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul), and Uruguay (Melo 1999).

Ecological notes. On mud, mud and shell, sand, and Thalassia bottoms. From shallow waters to 130 m (Melo 1999).

Previous records in Bahia. Smith (1869) [as P. granulatus (Olivier, 1811)], Moreira (1901) (as P. granulatus), Forest & de Saint Laurent (1967), Coelho & Ramos (1972), Gomes Corrêa (1972), Coelho & Ramos- Porto (1986), Almeida et al. (2007).