Hypoconcha parasitica ( Linnaeus, 1763 )

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 : 15

Hypoconcha parasitica ( Linnaeus, 1763)

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Cancer parasitica Linnaeus, 1763: 415 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 1124 , Ubatuba, Ilha Anchieta, Praia Sul , coll. D. Rosa, v.1999 ; 1 ♀ (parental with larvae), CCDB 6441 , Ubatuba, Praia do Leste, Ilha Anchieta , 12m, coll. F. Mantelatto, ii.2000 ; 1 ♀ (parental with larvae), CCDB 6440 , Ubatuba, Ilha das Palmas , 14m, coll. F. Mantelatto, x.2002 ; 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (1 ♀ ov), CCDB 3608 , Ubatuba , offshore 35m, coll. D. Rosa, ix.2011 ; 2 ♂, 5 ♀, CCDB 3710 , Ubatuba , offshore 25–40m, coll. D. Rosa, viii.2011 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 4211 , Ubatuba , offshore 30–40m, coll. D. Rosa, i.2012 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (North Carolina, Florida) to Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Venezuela, and Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Santa Catarina) ( Coelho & Ramos 1972; Abele & Kim 1986; Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1987; Barreto et al. 1993; Melo & Campos Jr. 1999; Barros & Pimentel 2001; Felder et al. 2009).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo state include Santos (Melo & Campos Jr. 1999), Caraguatatuba ( Braga et al. 2005) and Ubatuba (Bertini et al. 2004; Fransozo et al. 2012; Nucci & Melo 2012; Garcia Bento et al. 2018, 2019). This species was referred before as its junior synonym Hypoconcha sabulosa (Herbst, 1799) ( Coelho & Ramos 1972; Abele & Kim 1986). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 1124—16S ( MF490183 ), CCDB 4220—COI ( MF490090 ) ( Mantelatto et al. 2018a).

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FIGURE 3. Family Dromiidae. A) Dromia erythropus (Edwards, in Catesby, 1771) (CCDB 4894). B) Hypoconcha arcuata Stimpson, 1859 (CCDB 5514). C) Hypoconcha parasitica (Linnaeus, 1763) (CCDB 3608). D) Moreiradromia antillensis (Stimpson, 1859) (CCDB 1). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo state, Ubatuba. Sex: females. Scale bars (mm): A—42; B—9; C—15; D—10. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.