Caridea (Crustacea, Decapoda: Disciadidae, Palaemonidae, Processidae, Rhynchocinetidae) from Rocas Atoll Including Two New Species of Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 1951

Abstract

Periclimenaeus caraibicus, a species never recorded in Brazilian waters, is described, two new species of the genus Periclimenaeus are described: P. brucei sp.nov. and P. crosnieri sp.nov. Furthermore, six species previously recorded in Brazilian waters are redescribed: Discias serratirostris, Brachycarpus biunguiculatus, Leander tenuicornis, Processa fimbriata, Processa brasiliensis, and Cinetorhynchus rigens. Of these six species, only the two Processa were previously recorded in Rocas Atoll.