Alpheus estuariensis Christoffersen, 1984

Material examined (N=1). 1f, 07/VIII/2005, St. 0 5 (MZUESC #655).

Distribution. Florida, Mississippi to Texas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, and Brazil (from Ceará to Paraná). Eastern Pacific – Concepción Bay (Gulf of California), Costa Rica, Panama, Málaga Bay (Colombia) (Christoffersen 1984; Martínez-Iglesias et al. 1996).

Ecological notes. Estuarine species inhabiting sandy and muddy bottoms, in burrows, sometimes found among rocks, oysters, and mangrove roots. Intertidal to 22 m (Christoffersen 1984).

Previous records in Bahia. Almeida et al. (2006).