Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878 Fig. 4R

Material examined.

CAGoM-0131, B10, 11 m, 17-06-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0048, Pro 1, 8 m, 26-05-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-00476, Chp 1, 5 m, 26-05-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0731, Sis, 1 m, 21-03-2018, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.

Remarks.

Can be very common on mangrove prop roots in the Caribbean Sea (Panama - Rocha el al. 2005, Venezuela - Rocha et al. 2010). Here we found it mainly in harbors, with> 20 specimens found in Sisal harbour, suggesting that it was introduced.

Global distribution.

United States (Van Name 1921, 1945), Bermudas (Berrill 1932; Monniot 1972), Jamaica (Heller 1878; Goodbody 2003), Belize (Goodbody 2000), Panamá (Collin et al. 2005; Carman et al. 2011), Curaçao (Van Name 1924; Millar 1962; Goodbody 1984), Venezuela (Rocha et al. 2010; Carballo-Pérez and Díaz 2011), Tobago (Cole 2012), Martinique (Gravier 1955; Monniot 2018c), Antilles (Sluiter 1898; Van Name 1921, 1931), Guadeloupe (Monniot 1983), Brazil (Rodrigues 1962; Rodrigues et al. 1998; Monniot and Monniot 2001; Rocha et al. 2012; Rocha and Costa 2005; Rocha and Kremer 2005; Rocha et al. 2005), Azores (Harant 1929), Cape Verde (Harant 1929), Mediterranean sea (Streftaris et al. 2005; Turon et al. 2007), Red Sea (Shenkar 2012), Philippine Sea (Van Name 1918), Mindoro (Tokioka 1970), Truuk Islands (Nishikawa 1984), Guam (Lambert 2003), Australia (Kott 1985; Monniot 1992).