A new Callichirus ghost shrimp species from the south-western Atlantic, long confounded with C. major (Say, 1818) (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callichiridae)

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Author(s):	Hernaez, Patricio ; Miranda, Marcel S. ; Rio, Juliana P. P. ; Pinheiro, Marcelo A. A. Total Authors: 4
Document type:	Journal article
Source:	Journal of Natural History; v. 56, n. 9-12, p. 31-pg., 2022-03-19.
Abstract
Morphological and molecular evidence suggests that the ghost shrimp population in Brazil that had been assigned to Callichirus major (Say, 1818) represents a distinct species. A neotype of C. major is designated in the interest of nomenclature, because the holotype is no longer extant. Based on material from Brazil, a new species, Callichirus corruptus, is described. Differentiating characters between the new species and C. major are discussed and an identification key to species of Callichirus is provided. (AU)

FAPESP's process:	15/09020-0 - Diversity and geographical distribution in ghost shrimps (Infraorders Axiidea and Gebiidea), along the Brazilian coast: an ecological approach to biogeographical patterns of distribution.
Grantee:	Patricio Alejandro Hernáez Bové
Support Opportunities:	Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral


FAPESP's process:	18/17718-5 - Are the deep-sea faunas of the north and south Atlantic connected? a study based on the taxonomy of caudofoveate aplacophorans (Mollusca)
Grantee:	Marcel Sabino Miranda
Support Opportunities:	Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate