Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785)

Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 1553, pp. 1-45 : 25

Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785)

Material examined (N=2). 1f, 06/VIII/2005, St. 0 4 ( MZUESC #676).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Georgia, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Venezuela, Guyanas, and Brazil (from Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul) ( Melo 1996).

Ecological notes. Mud, sand, and shell bottoms. From shallow waters to 160 m ( Melo 1996).

Previous records in Bahia. Rathbun (1937) [as H. princeps (Herbst, 1794)], Coelho & Ramos (1972), Melo (1985), Gouvêa (1986b), Almeida et al. (2007).