title: A note on the correct spelling of the name of the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836) (Decapoda, Palaemonidae).
abstract: Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836), popularly known as Pitu, Bristled River Shrimp and Buchura River Prawn, is a freshwater shrimp species widespread along the eastern coasts of the Americas. The species can be found from the southeastern United States, where the prawns were introduced (Holthuis & Provenzano, 1970), southwards to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including numerous records in Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname (Holthuis, 1952; Williams, 1984; Melo, 2003; Valencia & Campos, 2007).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioecology and Crustacean Systematics (LBSC), Postgraduate Program in Comparative Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, CEP 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.; Email: nataliarossi.bio@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Natália
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.affiliation: Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, U.K.; Email: sammy.degrave@oum.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Sammy De
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Grave
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioecology and Crustacean Systematics (LBSC), Postgraduate Program in Comparative Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, CEP 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.; Email: flmantel@usp.br.
authors.forename: Fernando L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Mantelatto
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D033541:Palaemonidae / Q000145:classification*; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry; D013020:South America; D015144:Southeastern United States; D009626:Terminology as Topic