Hippolyte obliquimanus Dana, 1852

Material examined (N=13). 2m, 12/VI/2004, St. 0 1 (MZUESC #662); 3f, 07/V/2004, St. 0 1 (MZUESC #740); 1m, 1f, 18/XII/2004, St. 0 1 (MZUESC #741).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – North Carolina, Florida, Antilles, Venezuela, and Brazil (Bahia and Rio de Janeiro) (Udekem d'Acoz 1997).

Habitat: Shallow waters, among algae and seagrass meadows (Udekem d'Acoz 1997).

Previous records in Bahia. Udekem d'Acoz (1997).

Remarks. Udekem d'Acoz (1997) established H. exilirostratus Dana, 1852, and H. curacaoensis Schmitt, 1924, both previously cited from Brazil (Coelho & Ramos 1972; Christoffersen 1998), as junior synonyms of H. obliquimanus .