New records of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the northern coast of Brazil

By

Andrade, Kele S.P.
Araújo, Marina S. L. C.
Nunes, Jorge L. S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-8-25

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

379--390

Subjects

Geographic distribution , Macrobrachium carcinus , Macrobrachium olfersii , new occurrences , shrimp

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.4.379

 

Abstract

Among the species belonging to the genus Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868, M. carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758) and M. olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836) are geographically widespread in the western Atlantic from the Gulf Coast to southern Brazil. We describe the current geographic distribution of M. carcinus and M. olfersii and include records of these species in the state of Maranhão, Brazil.