Acanthonyx dissimulatus Coelho 1993

Material examined (N=2). 1m, 28/VIII/2004, St. 0 1 (MZUESC #716).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Brazil (from Maranhão to Bahia) (Coelho & Torres 1993; Melo 1996). Brazil - São Paulo (Dall’Occo et al. 2004).

Ecological notes. On rock and sand bottoms. Intertidal to 25 m (Coelho & Torres 1993; Melo 1996).

Previous records in Bahia. Rathbun (1894; 1925) (as A. petiverii H. Milne Edwards, 1834), Gouvêa (1986a) (as A. petiverii).

Remarks. Coelho & Torres (1993) in their review on genus Acanthonyx from Brazil, attributed the material from Bahia examined by Rathbun (1894; 1925) and Gouvêa (1986a) to A. dissimulatus .