Minuca burgersi ( Holthuis, 1967 )

Mantelatto, Fernando L., Tamburus, Ana Francisca, Magalhães, Tatiana, Buranelli, Raquel C., Terossi, Mariana, Negri, Mariana, Castilho, Antonio L., Costa, Rogério C. & Zara, Fernando J., 2020, Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: III. Infraorder Brachyura Latreille, 1802, Zootaxa 4872 (1), pp. 1-108 : 45-46

Minuca burgersi ( Holthuis, 1967)

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Uca burgersi Holthuis, 1967: 51 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 2 ♂, CCDB 6269 , Ubatuba , Praia Dura, coll. F. Mantelatto, 25.viii.1998 ; 6 ♂, 9 ♀ (1 ♀ ov), CCDB 4050 , Ubatuba, Rio Escuro mangrove, colls. R. Buranelli et al., 23.iv.2012 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 4044 , Ubatuba, Rio Escuro mangrove, colls. R. Buranelli et al., 23.iv.2012 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 3599 , Bertioga , Ribeirão dos Alhos, colls. N. Rossi et al., 24.x.2011 ; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, CCDB 4998 , Bertioga, Rio Itapanhau mangrove, colls. R. Buranelli & L. Cerantola, 13.iv.2014 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 270 , Guarujá , Bairro Cachoeira, colls. N. Rossi et al., 24.x.2011 ; 3 ♂, CCDB 4033 , Ilha Comprida , beach near ferry station to Cananéia, colls. F. Carvalho et al., 09.xi.2011 ; 19 ♂, 9 ♀, CCDB 4047 , Ilha Comprida , beach near ferry station to Cananéia, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 11.iii.2012 ; 2 ♂, CCDB 5277 , Ilha Comprida, beach near ferry station to Cananéia , colls. R. Robles et al., 11.iii.2012 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 3180 , Ilha Comprida, Praia Boqueirão Sul , colls. T. Davanso et al., 17.iv.2011 ; 7 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 3195 , Ilha Comprida, Praia da Trincheira , colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 17.iv.2011 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Aruba, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia to Brazil (Pará, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina) ( Chace & Hobbs 1969; Crane 1975; Abele & Kim 1986; Bezerra 2012; Sousa et al. 2015; Masunari et al. 2020).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo (as Minuca mordax ) include São Sebastião, Ilhabela (Ilha de São Sebastião) ( Crane 1975), and Ubatuba ( Benetti & Negreiros-Fransozo 2004; Bezerra 2012). According to Masunari et al. (2020), the occurrence in Piauí is probable but not officially recorded and is morphologically close to its congeners M. rapax and M. mordax . Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 270—16S ( MF490220 ), CCDB 3195—COI ( MF490124 ) ( Mantelatto et al. 2018a).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Family Ocypodidae. A) Leptuca leptodactyla (Rathbun, in Rankin, 1898) (CCDB 5276). B) Leptuca thayeri (Rathbun, 1900) (CCDB 2540). C) Leptuca uruguayensis (Nobili, 1901) (CCDB 5275). D) Minuca burgersi (Holthuis, 1967) (CCDB 5277). E) Minuca mordax (Smith, 1870) (CCDB 5545). F) Minuca rapax (Smith, 1870) (CCDB 5296). G) Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) (CCDB 5087). H) Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (CCDB 5059).Animals from Brazil, São Paulo state: Ilha Comprida (A, C, D), Ubatuba (B, F, G), Iguape (E), Cananéia (H). Sex: male (A–G), female (H). Scale bars (mm): A—7; B—13; C—7; D—11; E—13; F—16; G—27; H—42. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.