Gnathophyllum americanum, Guérin-Méneville, 1855

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 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
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scientific name	Gnathophyllum americanum
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Guérin-Méneville, 1855

Previous records. Birkeland et al., 1976: 135 [Galeta reef]; Cubit and Williams, 1983: 25 [Galeta Point].

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 1 spec., Isla Solarte, Hospital Point, under rubble in shallow water, leg. S. De Grave, 04.08.2008, OUMNH . 2008-14-027. Isla Grande . 1 spec., under rocks, shallow water, leg. A. Anker, 21.04.2006, OUMNH. ZC . 2006-10-010. San Blas Islands . 1 spec., Isla Diablo (small uninhabited island near Cartí), reef flat with abundant rubble and some sea grass, under rubble in very shallow water (less than 2 m), leg. A. Anker, 23.05.2007, OUMNH. ZC .2011-02-032.

Remarks. Well-known pantropical species, widely recorded in the western Atlantic from Bermuda southwards to Bahia, Brazil ( Tavares et al., 2017); occurs in a wide variety of habitats, typically close to coral reefs, 0– 50 m.