First record of Alpheus platycheirus Boone, 1927 (Crustacea, Alpheidae) on the northwest coast of Venezuela

Abstract Alpheus platycheirus Boone, 1927 (Decapoda, Alpheidae) is a snapping shrimp widely distributed in the western Atlantic, from the Gulf of Mexico to eastern Brazil. This shrimp usually inhabits muddy marine bottoms; however, here we record for the first time A. platycheirus in association wit...

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Main Authors: Beatriz López-Sánchez, Jonathan Vera-Caripe, M. Daniela Mendoza, Joany Mariño
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2020-07-01
Series:Nauplius
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972020000100223&tlng=en