Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869

Material examined: 1m, 03/V/2003 (CrUESB#492).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Brazil (St Paul’s Rocks, Rocas Atoll, Fernando de Noronha, Trindade, and from Ceará to Rio de Janeiro). Central Atlantic – Ascension Island and Santa Helena. Eastern Atlantic – Canary Islands and Cape Verde (Melo 1999).

Ecological notes. In rock cavities, among pebbles and in other environments that provide shelter. Species is nocturnal. From 0 to 35 m, preferentially shallower than 25 m (Melo 1999).

Previous records in Bahia. Coelho & Ramos-Porto (1985), Almeida et al. (2007).