Gibbesia neglecta (Gibbes, 1850)

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 : 6

Gibbesia neglecta (Gibbes, 1850)

Material examined (N=1). 1m, 19/IX/2000, 13°52’99”S / 38°59’59”W ( MZUESC #58).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – North Carolina, Gulf of Mexico, and Brazil (from Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul) ( Manning 1969; Gomes Corrêa 1986).

Ecological notes. On mud and sand with debris. From shallow waters to 64 m, but usually found in shallow waters ( Manning 1969; Gomes Corrêa 1986).

Previous records in Bahia. Gomes Corrêa (1986) (as Squilla neglecta ), Almeida et al. (2007)..

Remarks. This species was transferred to the monotypic genus Gibbesia Manning & Heard, 1997, which is characterized by the absence of a mandibular palp ( Manning & Heard 1997). Widely recorded along the Brazilian coast as Squilla neglecta .