Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935

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Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935: 211, fig. 76a–b.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 3 ♀, CCDB 1030, Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 20.xi.2002; 2 ♀ (1 ♀ ov), CCDB 2552, São Sebastião, Praia Juquehy, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 26.xii.2008; 1 ♀, CCDB 2751, São Sebastião, Praia Juquehy, colls. F. Mantelatto & F. Mantelatto, 01.xii.2009 ; 4 ♀ ov, CCDB 1442, Guarujá, Praia Guaiúba, colls. N. Rossi et al., 22.x.2011 ; 2 ♂, 3 ♀ (2 ♀ ov), CCDB 3924, Guarujá, Praia Guaiúba, colls. N. Rossi et al., 22.x.2011; 5 ♀, CCDB 1443, São Vicente, Praia Itararé, colls. N. Rossi et al., 23.x.2011 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay, Argentina (Efford 1976; Calado 1998; Melo 1999; Veloso & Cardoso 1999; Spivak et al. 2019).

Remarks. Phylogenetic research in progress by some of us (Mantelatto, Paixão and Robles, unpublished data) reveals that E. brasiliensis is limited to South America, with an occurrence gap from Venezuela to Bahia (Brazil), and abundant from Espírito Santo to south of Brazil. Sequences accession numbers (GenBank): CCDB 1442—16S (KP091475), COI (KP091530) (Mantelatto, Paixão & Robles, unpublished data).