Alpheus cf. floridanus Kingsley, 1878

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 : 12-13

Alpheus cf. floridanus Kingsley, 1878

Material examined (N=2). 1f, 29/VIII/2004, St. 0 6 ( MZUESC #656).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Bahamas, southern Florida, Mexico (Veracruz and Quintana Roo), Antilles (from Cuba to Curaçao), and Brazil (Rocas Atoll, and from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul) ( Christoffersen 1979; Martínez-Iglesias et al. 1996). Records from the eastern Atlantic (from Guinea to Congo, and Principe Island) and the eastern Pacific (Gulf of California, Panama, and Ecuador) refer to other species (A. Anker, personal communication).

Ecological notes. On muddy and silty sand, with seagrass or calcareous algae ( Halimeda ), also in mixed sediments with mud, sand, shells, hydrozoans, and bryozoans. Intertidal to 81 m ( Christoffersen 1979).

Previous records in Bahia. Christoffersen (1979).

Remarks. Species complex, with at least four species in the western and eastern Atlantic and eastern Pacific (A. Anker, personal communication).