Parapenaeus americanus Rathbun, 1901

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 : 13

Parapenaeus americanus Rathbun, 1901

( Fig. 1E )

Parapenaeus americanus Rathbun, 1901: 102 ; pl. 2.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 5783 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 1, 61 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 17.viii.2015 ; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, CCDB 5777 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 8, 89 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 18.viii.2015 ; 4 ♀, CCDB 5823 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 6, 132 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 18.viii.2015 ; 4 ♀, CCDB 5792 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 11, 84 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 ; 7 ♂, 33 ♀, CCDB 5795 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 13, 113 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5827 , R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition , st. 9, 66 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 19.viii.2015 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— USA (Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guadaloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Belize, Brazil ( Rio Grande do Norte, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), and Uruguay (Bukenroad 1934; Springer & Bullis 1956; Mistakidis & Neiva 1966; Pérez Farfante 1977b; Lemaitre 1984; Abele & Kim 1986; D’Incao 1998; Yang et al. 2015; Alves-Júnior et al. 2019).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include Ubatuba and São Sebastião ( Mistakidis & Neiva 1966; D’Incao 1995a). Sequence accession number (GenBank): CCDB 5827—16S ( KX196597 ), COI ( KX196539 ) (Rossi 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Family Penaeidae. A) Artemesia longinaris Spence Bate, 1888 (CCDB 6914). B) Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis (Latreille, 1817) (CCDB 4910). C) Farfantepenaeus paulensis (Pérez Farfante, 1967) (CCDB 5813). D) Litopenaeus schmitti (Burkenroad, 1936) (CCDB 4912). E) Parapenaeus americanus Rathbun, 1901 (CCDB 5825). F) Rimapenaeus constrictus (Stimpson, 1871) (CCDB 4914). G) Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller, 1862) (ULLZ 15974). Animals from Brazil, São Paulo, Ubatuba (A), Cananéia (B—D; F, G), R/V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 12 (E). Sex: female (A, B, E–G), male (C, D). Scale bars (mm): A—15; B—38; C—37; D—40; E—50; F—24; G—44. Photographs by J. Perroca (A), R.C. Buranelli (B–G).