Abstract
The ghost shrimp Ctenocheloides almeidai Anker and Pachelle, 2013 was described based on a single specimen collected at Ponta Verde, Maceio, state of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. Here, we report the species from Porto Seguro, Bahia (~16o23'S), extending its distribution in the Brazilian coast in approximately 7 degrees south from the type locality in Maceio, Alagoas (~9o40'S). Notes on morphological variation of the species are provided based on the present material.
Highlights
ABStRact The ghost shrimp Ctenocheloides almeidai Anker & Pachelle, 2013 was described based on a single specimen collected at Ponta Verde, Maceió, state of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil
Ctenocheloides almeidai was described based on a female obtained from a deep crevice cemented with compact clay-like silt in a coral rock at a depth of ~1 m in Ponta Verde, Maceió, state of Alagoas, Brazil (Anker and Pachelle, 2013)
The present material was collected while scuba diving at the Parque Municipal Marinho do Recife de Fora (16°23’0”S 38°59’0” W), Porto Seguro, Bahia, in April 2012 and May 2013
Summary
ZOOBANK http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:626EEDE8-F6DE-4360A527-3F51BE5ACF8A aBStRact The ghost shrimp Ctenocheloides almeidai Anker & Pachelle, 2013 was described based on a single specimen collected at Ponta Verde, Maceió, state of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. ABStRact The ghost shrimp Ctenocheloides almeidai Anker & Pachelle, 2013 was described based on a single specimen collected at Ponta Verde, Maceió, state of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. We report the species from Porto Seguro, Bahia (~16o23’S), extending its distribution in the Brazilian coast in approximately 7 degrees south from the type locality in Maceió, Alagoas (~9o40’S).
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