Lucifer typus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837

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 : 20

Lucifer typus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834–1840]

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Leucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837: 469 .

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, CCDB 5904 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 6, 132 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 17–18.viii.2015 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— Bermuda, USA (Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, north of South America, and Brazil ( Amapá, Pará, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul). Eastern Atlantic—Mediterranean Sea, off Cape of Good Hope, east coast of South Africa. Indo-West Pacific—Bay of Bengal, East and South China Seas, Philippines, Malaysia, Queensland, and Australia ( D’Incao 1995a; Melo et al. 2014; Vereshchaka et al. 2016b).

Remarks. Previous records from offshore São Paulo are from northern limit of the state to Santos ( Costa & Prandi 1971; D’Incao 1995a). There is a COI sequence ( GU183792 ) available on GenBank of a specimen from northern Atlantic by Bucklin et al. (2010).

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FIGURE 4. Families Luciferidae and Sergestidae. A) Belzebub faxoni (Borradaile, 1915) (CCDB 5930). B) Lucifer typus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 (CCDB 5904). C) Acetes americanus americanus Ortmann, 1893 (CCDB 5931). D) Peisos petrunkevitchi Burkenroad, 1945 (CCDB 5932). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo, R/V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 3 (A), st. 6 (B), Ubatuba (C, D). Sex: male (A, B), female (C, D). Scale bars (mm): A—2, B—2; C—5; D—8. Photographs by R.C. Buranelli.