Pagurus exilis (Benedict, 1892)

Eupagurus exilis Benedict, 1892: 6 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 3 ♂, CCDB 4162, Ubatuba, 23°28ʹ31.41ʺS, 044°57ʹ18.77ʺW, coll. D. Rosa, 15–17.viii.2011 ; 2 ♂, 2 ♀ ov, CCDB 3628, Ubatuba, 23°29ʹ59.52ʺS, 044°58ʹ46.48ʺW, coll. D. Rosa, 05.ix.2011 ; 8 ♂, 2 ♀ (1 ♀ ov), CCDB 2044, Caraguatatuba, 23°36ʹ08ʺS, 045°08ʹ30ʺW, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 01.i.2003 ; 2 ♂, 5 ♀ (2 ♀ ov), CCDB 1530, Caraguatatuba, 23°36ʹ08ʺS, 045°08ʹ30ʺW, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 01.iii.2003 ; 15 ♂, CCDB 2043, Caraguatatuba, 23°36ʹ08ʺS, 045°08ʹ30ʺW, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 01.ii.2003 ; 12 ♀ (9 ♀ ov), CCDB 296, Caraguatatuba, 23°36ʹ08ʺS, 045°08ʹ30ʺW, coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.iv.2003 ; 14 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 1201, Caraguatatuba, 23°36ʹ08ʺS, 045°08ʹ30ʺW, coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.v.2003 ; 8 ♂, 7 ♀, CCDB 1202, Caraguatatuba, 23°36ʹ08ʺS, 045°08ʹ30ʺW, coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.vi.2003 ; 2 ♂, CCDB 483, São Sebastião, 23°45ʹ45ʺS, 045°26ʹ15ʺW, colls. R. Biagi & A. Meireles, 01.xii.2001 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 717, São Sebastião, 23°45ʹ45ʺS, 045°26ʹ15ʺW, colls. R. Biagi & A. Meireles, 01.v.2001 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 6309, Cananéia, 25°53ʹS, 047°36ʹW, colls. A. Castilho et al., 01.iv.2014 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay, Argentina (Forest & de Saint Laurent 1968; Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1987; Rieger 1998; Melo 1999; Nucci & Melo 2007; Fransozo et al. 2011; Meireles et al. 2012; Spivak et al. 2019).

Remarks. A preliminary molecular phylogeny placed species from the western Atlantic, including P. exilis from South America, in a group analogous to the group II “ exilis ” sensu Forest & de Saint Laurent (1968) and McLaughlin (1974) (Olguín & Mantelatto 2013). Sequences accession numbers (GenBank): CCDB 767—16S (FJ869147), CCDB 510—COI (MF490060) (Mantelatto et al. 2009, 2018).