Apiomithrax violaceus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868 )

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 : 30

Apiomithrax violaceus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868)

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Micropisa violacea A. Milne-Edwards, 1868: 50 , pl. 16, figs. 3–6.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 2 ♂, CCDB 4692 , Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba , coll. F. Mantelatto, 09.x.2013 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5054 , Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba , coll. D. Rosa, 18.x.2012 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 69 , Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba , coll. F. Mantelatto, 12.ix.1995 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 5716 , Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba , coll. F. Mantelatto, 20.x.2005 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 2461 , Ubatuba, Praia do Itaguá , colls. F. Mantelatto & L. Pardo, 15.ix.2008 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 6251 , Ubatuba, Praia do Itaguá , coll. D. Rosa, 04.x.2017 ; 1 j, CCDB 5836 , Ubatuba, Praia do Itaguá , coll. F. Mantelatto, 02.xii.2014 ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 1206 , Ubatuba, Praia do Lamberto , coll. F. Mantelatto, 16.vi.2003 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 1760 , Ubatuba, Praia do Lamberto , coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.v.2002 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5547 , Ubatuba , coll. F. Mantelatto, 12.iv.2012 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5722 , Ubatuba , coll. D. Rosa, 20–28.viii.2012 ; 2 ♂, CCDB 5729 , Cananéia , coll. R. Costa, 25.ii.2013 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Venezuela and Brazil (Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul). Eastern Atlantic—Cape Verde, Tunisia to Angola. Central Atlantic—Ascension Island ( Melo 1996; Bertini et al. 2004; Bezerra et al. 2005a; Lira et al. 2010).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo state include Ubatuba ( Mantelatto & Fransozo 2000; Bertini et al. 2004, 2010; Santana et al. 2004a; Alves et al. 2012a, b, 2013b). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 5054—16S ( MF490139 ), COI ( MF490070 ) ( Mantelatto et al. 2018a).

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FIGURE 11. Family Epialtidae. A) Acanthonyx petiverii H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (CCDB 46). B) Apiomithrax violaceus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) (CCDB 5547). C) Epialtus brasiliensis Dana, 1852 (CCDB 5544). D) Leucippa pentagona H. Milne Edwards, 1833 (CCDB 5654). E) Libinia ferreirae Brito Capello, 1871 (CCDB 1540). F) Libinia spinosa H. Milne Edwards in Guérin, 1832 (CCDB 752). G) Stenocionops furcatus (Olivier, 1791) (CCDB 3605). H) Stenocionops spinosissimus (Saussure, 1857) (CCDB 5781).Animals from Brazil, São Paulo state: Ubatuba (A, B, C, D, G), Santos (E), Caraguatatuba (F), RV Soloncy Moura Expedition, Point 8 (H). Sex: male (A, C, E, G), female (B, D, F, H). Scale bars (mm): A—14; B—21; C—9; D—5; E—43; F—72; G—22; H—41. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.