Microprosthema semilaeve

Soledade, Guidomar O., Fonseca, Mytalle S. & Almeida, Alexandre O., 2015, Shallow-water stenopodidean and caridean shrimps from Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil: new records and updated checklist, Zootaxa 3905 (1) : -

Microprosthema semilaeve (von Martens, 1872)

( Fig. 1 A)

Material examined. 2 males, 1 female, Ilha de Santa Bárbara (17°57’49”S 38°41’53”W), coll. G.O. Soledade, 02.ix.2013, tide pool, under rocks, UESC 1542; 1 male, 1 female, same collection data, 03.ix.2013, UESC 1543.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bahamas, southern Florida, West Indies, northern South America and Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco and Bahia) (Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1998; Coelho et al. 2006; Santos et al. 2012).

Previous records from Abrolhos. None.

Remarks. The southern known distribution limit of M. semilaeve in the western Atlantic is extended from Taipús de Fora, Maraú, Bahia (13°56’22.0”S 38°55’35.4”W) ( Santos et al. 2012) to Ilha de Santa Bárbara, Abrolhos, Bahia (17°57’49”S 38°41’53”W).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Some stenopodidean and caridean (palaemonid) shrimps from Ilha de Santa Bárbara, Abrolhos, Bahia, Brazil: A, Microprosthema semilaeve (von Martens, 1872); B, Periclimenes yucatanicus (Ives, 1891); C, Typton gnathophylloides Holthuis, 1951. Scale bars = 5 mm.