First report of two deep-sea shrimps of the genus Acanthephyra A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Acanthephyridae) from southwestern Atlantic.
This paper reports two deep-sea shrimps, Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis and A. armata from southwestern Atlantic waters. The samples were collected in two different moments, the first in the Potiguar Basin, northeast of Brazil (03/05° S; 38/35° W), covering the states of Rio Grande do Norte (RN) and Ceará (CE) in the year of 2011, and afterward on Rocas Atoll, located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN) (3° 51' S, 033° 49' W; 3° 52' S, 033° 47' W) in the year of 2015. The occurrence of A. acanthitelsonis on Rocas Atoll and A. armata found along the continental slope in the Potiguar Basin, comprising both species, which were recorded for the first time in the southwestern Atlantic. This paper increases the number of Acanthephyra species recorded in Brazilian waters up to six and adds to our knowledge and distribution of deep-sea fauna in the south Atlantic.
Laboratório de Carcinologia, Museu de Oceanografia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife - PE.; Email: bioflavio@hotmail.com.
Flavio De Almeida
FA
Alves-Júnior
Coleção Didática de Zoologia da UPE, Faculdade de Ciências, Educação e Tecnologia de Garanhuns, Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE). Rua Capitão Pedro Rodrigues, 105, São José, Garanhuns - PE.; Email: unknown.
Marina De Sá Leitão Câmara
MS
De Araújo
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR248 MARBEC IRD/IFEREMER/CNRS/UM2, Av. Jean Monnet, 34203 Sète, France.; Email: unknown.
Arnaud
A
Bertrand
Laboratório de Carcinologia, Museu de Oceanografia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife - PE.; Email: unknown.
Jesser F
JF
Souza-Filho
D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D033364:Decapoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity