Almeida, Alexandre O.de ; BOEHS, Guilla ; SILVA, Catarina de Lourdes Araúhho; BEZERRA Luis Ernesto Arruda. Shallow-water caridean shrimps from southern Bahia, Brazil, including the first record of Sinalpheus ul (Rios and Duffy, 2007) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa (Auckland. Print) , v. 3347, p. 1, 2012. Disponível em: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Catarina-Araujo-Silva/publication/255949285...
The carcinological community has been greatly saddened to learn that Professor Petrônio Alves Coelho, retired professor at the Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), passed away on 28 November 2011, due to a heart attack while recovering from a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Prof. Petrônio is survived by his wife Maria José Costa Coelho, four children, two of wh...
The fiddler crab Uca (Minuca) victoriana von Hagen, 1987 has been reported, until recently, only from the type locality at Vito´ria, State of Espı´rito Santo, Brazil. We report here, for the first time, the occurrence of U. (M.) victoriana in estuaries of the States of Bahia and Pernambuco, north-eastern Brazil, extending its distribution; as well as some aspects of its population biology. For the population st...
The rock-boring snapping shrimp Alpheus simus Guérin-Méneville, 1856 is an inhabitant of shallow water reef habitats, from Florida and Yucatan throughout the West Indies (from Cuba to Barbados and Curaçao) south to Brazil (Abrolhos Bank, Bahia) (Chace 1972; Christoffersen 1979). In this species, the rostrum is absent, a feature distinguishing it from all other Brazilian species of the genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1...
Santo Aleixo Island (08°36’40,15”S, 35°01’22,92”W) is the only coastal island of the state of Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil. It is located on the southern coast, about 2 km from the mouth of the Serinhaém River. The area is still in a good state of preservation, containing a wide diversity of coastal habitats such as sandy beaches, sandstone reefs, rocky shores, and a tiny area of mangroves, supporting high...
We report herein the euryplacid crab Sotoplax robertsi, previously known only from the type locality (Gulf of Mexico, 28º30’N, 84º58’W), off the east coast of Brazil (states of Bahia and Espírito Santo, 13°54’14”S, 39°00’34”W and 20º44’S, 40º25’W, respectively). This is the first record from the South Atlantic Ocean, and considerably extends the known geographical range of this species. We provide information o...
In the Brazilian fauna, the Dendobranchiata are represented by 7 families, 26 genera, and 61 species (DTncao, 1995a). During the 1990s the species, Aris teus antillensis A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1909, Aristaeopsis edwardsiana (Johnson, 1867), Benthesicymus bartletti Smith, 1882, Sicyonia stimpsoni Bou vier, 1905, Sergestes armatus Kr0yer, 1855, S. corniculum Kr0yer, 1855, Sergia prehensilis (Bate, 1881), and...
A checklist of the decapod crustacean species from the infraorders Astacidea, Thalassinidea, Polychelida, Palinura, and Anomura from the northern and northeastern (N/NE) Brazilian coast based on literature and material deposited in the carcinological collection of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, is provided. The list includes marine and estuarine species reported at least once to each of...
The portunid crab Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867), a species of Indo-Pacific origin, is reported for the first time from the coast of Ceará State, Brazil. The material examined was collected in September 2004 at Redonda (04o 42’ S; 37o 21’ W) and Pontal do Maceió (04o 27’ S; 37o 04’ W) beaches. We discuss the possible ways of introduction of this species on Ceará coast. The present record extends th...
Occurrence of the brachyuran crabs Apiomithrax violaceus (A.Milne Edwards, 1868) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pisidae) and Hypoconcha arcuata Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea, Decapoda,Dromiidae) is reported for the coast of Ceará, Brazil northeast, for the first time. A. violaceus was collected inAugust 2004 at Pedra Rachada beach, Paracuru, Ceará (03º25’S, 39º04’W), while H. arcuata was collected on thecontinental shelf, o...