Panulirus laevicauda (Latreille, 1817)

Mantelatto, Fernando L. & Al, Et, 2022, Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: V. Dendrobranchiata and Pleocyemata [Achelata, Astacidea, Axiidea, Caridea (Alpheoidea and Processoidea excluded), Gebiidea, Stenopodidea], Zootaxa 5121 (1), pp. 1-74 : 23

Panulirus laevicauda (Latreille, 1817)

Palinurus laevicauda Latreille, 1817b: 295 .

Material examined. None.

Distribution. Western Atlantic — Bermuda, USA (Florida), Mexico (Yucatan), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Antilles, Central America, Bahamas, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil (Rocas Atoll, Fernando de Noronha, Abrolhos, Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina) ( Moreira 1901; Luederwaldt 1929; Oliveira 1940 as Senex laevicauda ; as P. laevicauda by Holthuis 1959, 1991; Coelho & Ramos 1972; Ramos-Porto et al. 1978; Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1980, 1994, 1998; Abele & Kim 1986; Coelho et al. 1986; Williams 1986; Melo 1999; Coelho et al. 2007; Alves et al. 2008; Dall’Occo 2010; Boos et al. 2012; Teschima et al. 2012; Faria Jr. et al. 2013; Gaeta et al. 2015; Giraldes & Smyth 2016). An episodic occurrence in Bahía de la Ascensión, Mexico ( Briones-Fourzán et al. 2019).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include Ilhabela (Ilha de São Sebastião) ( Luederwaldt 1929) and 24°4′S 44°24′W (MNRJ 3561 in Dall’Occo 2010). It seems there is no special commercial fishery for it, even if it is caught as bycatch throughout its range ( Holthuis 1991) together with P. argus ( Holthuis 1991; Gaeta et al. 2015); the yield of its fishery seems to be largest in Brazil ( Holthuis 1991) as bycatch of P. meripurpuratus . As well as the case of P. meripurpuratus , episodic recruitment can explain the rare occurrences of P. laevicauda in Bahía de la Ascensión ( Mexico), persistent adult populations are unlikely to occur in this region ( Briones-Fourzán et al. 2019).