Mesopenaeus tropicalis ( Bouvier, 1905 )

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 : 18

Mesopenaeus tropicalis ( Bouvier, 1905)

Parartemesia tropicalis Bouvier, 1905 a: 748 .

Material examined. None.

Distribution. Western Atlantic— USA (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama), Mexico (Quintana Roo), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Dominica, Barbados, Belize, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul) ( Lindner & Anderson 1941; Pérez Farfante 1977a; Huff & Cobb 1979; Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1980; Lemaitre 1984; Williams 1984; D’Incao 1995a; Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997; Ramos-Porto et al. 2000; Coelho et al. 2006; Alves-Júnior et al. 2017a).

Remarks. Previous records from São Paulo include Ubatuba and São Sebastião ( Mistakidis & Neiva 1966; Pires 1992). However, information about the collection where the specimens were deposited was not provided. The occurrence of this species in São Paulo seems doubtful, since we could not examine specimens deposited in any collection, neither obtain individuals in our samples. There are some gaps in the Brazilian coast distribution (from Rio Grande do Norte to Espírito Santo and from São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul) (see references above). In addition, D’Incao (1995a) argues that the reason of these gaps is the difficulty on sampling deep waters, since most of the records of this species occur in depths greater than 100 m. Such depth was not our main target during our surveys. There is 16S sequence available on GenBank ( JX403849 ) of a specimen from Gulf of Mexico by Bracken-Grissom et al. (2012).