Lysmata ankeri Rhyne & Lin, 2006

(Figure 6)

References. Rhyne & Lin 2006:179, Figure 7–9, Plates 1C, 2; Calado 2008.

Material examined. 1 ovigerous female, (TL: 43mm); 11Jun.2013, Porto Belo Island-SC, 6m, 27°08'07.82''S 48°32'20.98''W over rocks during night dive (LCP /UFSC-086). 7 individuals, 25May2014 (TL: 33mm, 22,5mm, 19,7mm, 19mm, 18,5mm, 15mm and 13mm), Calhau de São Pedro Island-SC, 20m, hidden in a moored current profiler (ADCP), 27°25'37.39''S 48°40'11.15''W, (LCP /UFSC-089).

Material observed. 326 individuals in cavities mainly at interface between rock and sand; being 30 individuals, 19 Mar. 2014, Rancho Norte site at Arvoredo Island-SC, 8m, 27°16'62.6''S 48°22'48.1''W; 10 individuals, 24 Mar. 2014, Saco do Capim site at Arvoredo Island-SC, 12m 27°17'16.2''S 48°22'45.1''W; 28 individuals 25 Mar. 2014, Deserta Island-SC, 12m, 27°16'62.6''S 48°19'91.5''W; 4 individuals, 26 Mar. 2014, Saco D’agua site at Arvoredo Island-SC, 12m, 27°16'47.4''S 48°22'00.4''W; 12 individuals, 27 Mar. 2014, Baia do Farol at Arvoredo Island-SC, 10m, 27°17'74.6''S 48°21'66.7''W; 68 individuals, 04Apr.2014, north side at Galé Island- SC, 8m 27°10'66.4''S 48°24'40.1''W; 92 individuals, 05Apr.2014, south side of Galé Island-SC, 9m, 27°10'88.7''S 48°24'61.5''W; 20 individuals 06Apr.2014, South side of Deserta Island-SC, 11m, 27°16'30.9''S 48°19'36.2''W; 62 individuals, 09Apr.2014, Aranhas Island-SC, 8m, 27°29'19.9''S 48°21'90.1''W.

Distribution. Atlantic species; Southeastern U.S.; Florida: north to Pompano Beach, rare in Florida Bay; Caribbean: Haiti, Venezuela, Panama, Surinam, and French Guyana; and at the eastern Brazilian coast from Bahia (12o S) to Rio de Janeiro (22o S).

Remark. The present record (27o S) extends the species range 800 km towards the south in the western Atlantic.