Ambidexter swifti Abele, 1972

Salgado-Barragan, Jose, Ayon-Parente, Manuel & Zamora-Tavares, Pilar, 2017, New records and description of two new species of carideans shrimps from Bahia Santa Maria-La Reforma lagoon, Gulf of California, Mexico (Crustacea, Caridea, Alpheidae and Processidae), ZooKeys 671, pp. 131-153 : 136

Ambidexter swifti Abele, 1972

Material examined.

One female (CL 3.9 mm), Meléndez Island, 24°48'6"N, 108°3'21"W, sand, 0.1-0.3 m at neap tide, January 18, 2015: (EMU-10586).

Distribution.

Recorded from San Benito Island, Baja California and the Gulf of California including Bahía Santa María-La Reforma to Paitilla, Panama and Galapagos Islands ( Wicksten and Hendrickx 2003; this study). This species has been found intertidally in sandy substrate ( Abele 1972; Wicksten 1991; this study).

Remarks.

This is the second record of the species from the Gulf of California, and the first record of a specimen found inhabiting together with a callianasid shrimp ( N. tabogensis ).