Microprosthema semilaeve

Soledade, Guidomar O., Fonseca, Mytalle S. & Almeida, Alexandre O., 2015, Shallow-water stenopodidean and caridean shrimps from Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil: new records and updated checklist, Zootaxa 3905 (1) : -

Microprosthema semilaeve (von Martens, 1872)

( Fig. 1 A)

Material examined. 2 males, 1 female, Ilha de Santa Bárbara ( 17°57’49”S 38°41’53”W), coll. G.O. Soledade, 02.ix.2013, tide pool, under rocks, UESC 1542; 1 male, 1 female, same collection data, 03.ix.2013, UESC 1543.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bahamas, southern Florida, West Indies, northern South America and Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco and Bahia) (Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1998; Coelho et al. 2006; Santos et al. 2012).

Previous records from Abrolhos. None.

Remarks. The southern known distribution limit of M. semilaeve in the western Atlantic is extended from Taipús de Fora, Maraú, Bahia ( 13°56’22.0”S 38°55’35.4”W) ( Santos et al. 2012) to Ilha de Santa Bárbara, Abrolhos, Bahia ( 17°57’49”S 38°41’53”W).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Some stenopodidean and caridean (palaemonid) shrimps from Ilha de Santa Bárbara, Abrolhos, Bahia, Brazil: A, Microprosthema semilaeve (von Martens, 1872); B, Periclimenes yucatanicus (Ives, 1891); C, Typton gnathophylloides Holthuis, 1951. Scale bars = 5 mm.