Portunus ventralis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 [in A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 – 1880])

Neptunus ventralis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 [in A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 – 1880]): 215.

Material examined. None.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Georgia, Florida), Southern Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Venezuela, and Brazil (Roraima, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, São Paulo) (Powers 1977; Bertini et al. 2004; Coelho et al. 2008).

Remarks. Previous records in São Paulo include Ubatuba (Mantelatto & Fransozo 2000; Bertini et al. 2004, 2010), but few individuals were collected, and this occurrence may be considered accidental. In addition, no additional individual collected in the present study raised doubts regarding the previous records, since the molecular investigation carried out with specimens from USA revealed the unclear phylogenetic position of this species within the genus (Mantelatto et al. 2007, 2009, 2018b).