New records and extension of the known distribution of some freshwater shrimps in Brazil

Author(s)

Pileggi, Leonardo G. ^[1] ; Magalhaes, Celio ^[2] ; Bond-Buckup, Georgina ^[3] ; Mantelatto, Fernando L. ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, FFCLRP, Programa Posgrad Biol Comparada, Dept Biol, Lab Bioecol & Sistemat Crustaceos, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[2] INPA, BR-69011970 Manaus, AM - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Dept Zool, BR-91501970 Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad; v. 84, n. 2, p. 563-574, JUN 2013.
• Web of Science Citations: 20

Abstract

Freshwater prawns are distributed in rivers and streams of inland and brackish waters throughout America. In Brazilian waters are registered 35 species into 4 families (Atyidae, Euryrhynchidae, Palaemonidae, and Sergestidae). Information about the geographic distribution of this fauna is scattered in the literature and frequently not founded on documented data in scientific collections. Here we examined a series of specimens and detected several new records and extension of the known distribution of some freshwater shrimps in Brazil. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/54931-0 - Improvement and management of biological specimen collections at the Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo
• Grantee: Carlos Alberto Garofalo
• Support Opportunities: Research Infrastructure Program - Biological specimen collections
• FAPESP's process: 10/50188-8 - Decapod crustaceans: multi-disciplinary characterization of the sea biodiversity of the State of São Paulo (taxonomy, spermiotaxonomy, molecular biology and population dynamics)
• Grantee: Fernando Luis Medina Mantelatto
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants