Clibanarius sclopetarius (Herbst, 1796)

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Cancer sclopetarius Herbst, 1796: 23, fig. 3.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (1 ♀ ov), CCDB 583, São Sebastião, Araçá, 23°48ʹS, 045°24ʹW, coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.ii.2001 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 763, São Sebastião, Araçá, 23°48ʹS, 045°24ʹW, coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.ix.2001 ; 2 ♀, CCDB 838, São Sebastião, Araçá, 23°48ʹS, 045°24ʹW, coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.xii.2002 ; 4 ♂, CCDB 2702, São Sebastião, Araçá, 23°48ʹS, 045°24ʹW, colls. N. Santos & F. Mantelatto, 01.ix.2008 ; 8 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 2961, São Sebastião, Araçá, 23°48ʹS, 045°24ʹW, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 13.v.2010 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 4899, São Sebastião, Araçá, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 10.ix.2013 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5073, São Sebastião, Araçá, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 10.ix.2013 ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 6054, São Sebastião, Araçá, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 12.ii.2017 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5205, Ilha Comprida, Praia da Balsa, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 27.vii.2012 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— USA (Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea to Brazil (Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina) (Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1987; Rieger 1998; Coelho et al. 2007; Felder et al. 2009; Nucci & Melo 2011).

Remarks. Molecular and morphological analyses supported the differentiation between C. sclopetarius and the congener and sympatric species C. symmetricus, previously distingued based only on their color pattern (Negri et al. 2012). Sequences accession numbers (GenBank): CCDB 2961—16S (JN671523), COI (JN671584) (Negri et al. 2012).