Intertidal burrowing shrimps (Axiidea: Callianassidae, Callichiridae; Gebiidea: Axiannassidae, Upogebiidae) collected along the Brazilian coast

ABSTRACT

An annotated checklist of the intertidal species of burrowing shrimps of the Brazilian coast is provided from samples collected during latitudinal research expeditions between 2015 and 2018. A total of 1166 specimens of nine species were collected in these expeditions. These species are listed by infraorder and family as follows: Axiidea: Callianassidae (Biffarius botterae), Callichiridae (Audacallichirus mirim, Callichirus corruptus, Lepidophthalmus siriboia, Neocallichirus guara, N. maryae, N. pinheiroi); Gebiidea: Axianassidae (Axianassa australis), Upogebiidae (Upogebia omissa). For each species, the diagnostic features, distribution and habitat are recorded. The taxonomic information is discussed and compared with the information reported in literature for each taxon.

KEYWORDS:

• Decapoda
• ghost shrimps
• mud lobsters
• Thalassinidae
• south-western Atlantic

Acknowledgements

The lead author is grateful to Juliana Rio for her help during some sampling activities. The material described herein was collected during the project entitled ‘Diversidade e distribuição geográfica de camarões corruptos (Infraordens Axiidea e Gebiidea), ao longo do litoral brasileiro: uma aproximação ecológica aos padrões biogeográficos de distribuição’. We thank in particular Mrs Carolin Löscher, Editor in Chief, for the vital work she has done during the revision process of our article. Finally, we also thank the anonymous referees, who helped to improve the content of this article.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Authors contributions

P.H. and M.A.A.P. conceived the idea for this study; P.H. collected the data; P.H., M.A.A.P. and W.S. examined the material; P.H., M.A.A.P., F.A.A.J. and W.S. wrote the paper.

Sampling and field studies

The biological material studied herein was collected with official collecting permission (#51578-1, 58845-1) given by ‘Sistema de Autorização e Informação em Biodiversidade’ (SISBIO) of the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA).

Additional information

Funding

We are grateful to ‘Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo’ (FAPESP) for providing funding in the form of a postdoctoral research fellowship for PH (#2015/09020-0), and to ‘Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE)’ for financial aid through a Researcher Fixation Scholarship for PH (process BFP-0196-1.08/20). MAAP and WS are grateful to the ‘Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico’ (CNPq) for the research fellowship grant awarded (Proc. # 305957/2019-8 and PQ #315185/2020-1, respectively). WS thanks Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (FUNCAP) (fellowship #6647309/2017 and #PV1-0187-00033.01.00/21), the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Finance code 001 (fellowship #88887.169169/2018-00).