Clibanarius symmetricus (Randall, 1840)

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Pagurus symmetricus Randall, 1840: 133 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 2 ♂, CCDB 6165, São Sebastião, Araçá, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 01.vi.2012 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 4900, São Sebastião, Araçá, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 10.ix.2013 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 6052, São Sebastião, Araçá, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 02.xii.2014 ; 9 ♂, 2 ♀, CCDB 6160, São Sebastião, Araçá, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 12.ii.2017 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 6161, São Sebastião, Araçá, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 12.ii.2017 ; 15 ♀, CCDB 6162, São Sebastião, Araçá, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 12.ii.2017 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Caribbean Sea, French Guiana, Brazil (Pará, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina) (Negri et al. 2014; Lemaitre & Tavares 2015).

Remarks. Prior to the resurrection of Clibanarius symmetricus by Negri et al. (2014), this species was masked under the name C. vittatus (Bosc, 1802) . The latter species is restricted to the southeastern coast of the USA and Gulf of Mexico (Negri et al. 2014). Sequence accession number (GenBank): CCDB 2947—COI (JN671549) (Negri et al. 2012).