Gibbesia neglecta (Gibbes, 1850)

Material examined (N=1). 1m, 19/IX/2000, 13°52’99”S / 38°59’59”W (MZUESC #58) .

Distribution. Western Atlantic – North Carolina, Gulf of Mexico, and Brazil (from Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul) (Manning 1969; Gomes Corrêa 1986).

Ecological notes. On mud and sand with debris. From shallow waters to 64 m, but usually found in shallow waters (Manning 1969; Gomes Corrêa 1986).

Previous records in Bahia. Gomes Corrêa (1986) (as Squilla neglecta), Almeida et al. (2007) ..

Remarks. This species was transferred to the monotypic genus Gibbesia Manning & Heard, 1997, which is characterized by the absence of a mandibular palp (Manning & Heard 1997). Widely recorded along the Brazilian coast as Squilla neglecta .