title: Leptalpheus pereirai sp. nov., a new alpheid shrimp from Panama and Venezuela (Decapoda: Caridea).
abstract: A new species of the infaunal alpheid shrimp genus Leptalpheus Williams, 1965 is described based on material from three localities on the Caribbean coast of Panama and Isla Chimana Grande, Venezuela. Leptalpheus pereirai sp. nov. belongs to a group of species characterised by the presence of well-developed adhesive disks on the major chela and appears to dwell in burrows of the large callianassid ghost shrimp, Glypturus acanthochirus Stimpson 1866.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Carcinologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, Ipiranga, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, Brazil Current address: Programa de Capacitação Institucional, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Campus de Pesquisa, Avenida Perimetral 1901, CEP 66077-830, Terra Firme, Belém, PA, Brazil; Email: arthuranker7@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anker
authors.affiliation: Postgrado en Ciencias Marinas del Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela, Cumana, Estado Sucre, Venezuela Grupo de Investigación en Carcinología, Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas del Mar, Universidad de Oriente, Isla de Margarita, Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Jonathan Vera
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Caripe
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D033364:Decapoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010176:Panama; D014687:Venezuela