Thor floridanus Kingsley, 1878

Anker, Sammy De Grave and Arthur, 2017, An annotated checklist of marine caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Malacostraca: Decapoda) of the Caribbean coast of Panama, Nauplius (e 2017015) 25, pp. 1-40 : 33

Thor floridanus Kingsley, 1878

Previous records. (?) Heck, 1977: 338 [around Galeta

Island]; (?) Heck, 1979: 199 [Caribbean Panama].

Remarks. Heck (1977; 1979) records this species in his seagrass studies, whilst recording the related Thor manningi Chace, 1972 in other work (e.g. Heck and Wetstone, 1977). Whilst it seems highly likely that only one species is involved, it cannot be discounted that both species occur in Panama. Thor floridanus is widespread in the western Atlantic, from North Carolina and the northern Gulf of Mexico southwards to Costa Rica ( Felder et al., 2009); most often on seagrass and algae, 0– 59 m.