A new western Atlantic snapping shrimp of the Alpheus macrocheles group (Caridea, Alpheidae) revealed by morphological, molecular and color data

  • Guidomar O. Soledade Laboratory of Crustacean Biology, Department of Zoology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8049-3834
  • Mariana Terossi Laboratory of Carcinology, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Justin A. Scioli Department of Biology, University of Louisiana (ULL), Lafayette
  • Fernando Luis Mantelatto Laboratory of Bioecology and Crustacean Systematics (LBSC), Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Letters at Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
  • Alexandre O. Almeida Laboratory of Crustacean Biology, Department of Zoology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.581
Keywords: alpheid, new species, South-West Atlantic, Brazil, 16S.

Abstract

Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835), a species originally described from the northeastern Atlantic, has been reported from Brazil based on material from the north and northeast coasts and Espírito Santo. However, a thorough morphological comparison between Brazilian material reported as A. macrocheles and eastern Atlantic material of A. macrocheles revealed consistent differences, suggesting that the Brazilian specimens belong to an undescribed species. Alpheus ramosportoae sp. nov. is therefore now described based on material from Amapá to Pernambuco, Brazil. Morphological differences between the new species and A. macrocheles s. str. were supported by the clear divergence of 16S rRNA gene sequences (18% of genetic distance), separating the species in two distinct clades. Differences in the color pattern also were observed and illustrated.

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2019-11-28
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Soledade, G. O., Terossi, M., Scioli, J. A., Mantelatto, F. L., & Almeida, A. O. (2019). A new western Atlantic snapping shrimp of the Alpheus macrocheles group (Caridea, Alpheidae) revealed by morphological, molecular and color data. European Journal of Taxonomy, (581). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.581
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