Achelous spinimanus (Latreille, 1819)

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Portunus spinimanus Latreille, 1819: 47 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 3961, Ubatuba, coll. A. Castilho, 21.iv.2012; 1 ♂, CCDB 987, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.v.2003 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5285, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 22.iv.2012 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 1504, Ubatuba, coll. R. Costa, 09.x.2000 ; 2 ♂, 3 ♀ (2 ♀ ov), CCDB 2230, coll. D. Rosa, 15.viii.2011; 2 ♀ ov, CCDB 3457, Ubatuba, Praia do Cedro, colls. A. Castilho et al., 07.vii.2001 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 3884, Ubatuba, Saco da Ribeira, coll. F. Mantelatto, ii.2001 ; 2 ♂, 3 ♀ (1 ♀ ov), CCDB 3303, Ubatuba, Ilha das Palmas, coll. D. Rosa, 22.iv.2011 ; 4 ♂, 4 ♀, CCDB 5791, RV Soloncy Moura Expedition, Point 11, 84m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 3239, Cananéia, colls. R. Costa & A. Castilho, 18.iv.2011 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5684, Cananéia, colls. R. Costa et al., 11.iii.2012 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (New Jersey to Florida, Gulf of Mexico), Bermuda, Antilles, Venezuela, Guianas, and Brazil (Amapá, Maranhão, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) (Holthuis 1959; Powers 1977; Williams 1984; Barreto et al. 1993; Melo 1996, 2008, 2010; Bertini et al. 2004; Almeida et al. 2007a, b; Almeida & Coelho 2008; Felder et al. 2009; Mendonça et al. 2019).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo include Ubatuba (Bertini et al. 2004), Caraguatatuba (Braga et al. 2005), and Santos-São Vicente bay as Portunus spinimanus (Pita et al. 1985) . Molecular perspective revealed the phylogenetic position of the species within the genus Achelous (Mantelatto et al. 2009, 2018b). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 4180—16S (MG515574), CCDB 987—COI (JX123456) (Zupolini et al. 2017; Mantelatto et al. 2018b).