Nephropidae (crustacea, decapoda) collected by the revizee score-central program from off Bahia to Rio de Janeiro states, Brazil

Abstract

The Revizee Score-Central Program sampled five species of Nephropidae from Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro states, Brazil: Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881, N. agassizi A. Milne Edwards, 1880, N. neglecta Holthuis, 1974, N. rosea Bate, 1888 and Acanthacaris caeca (A. Milne Edwards, 1881). N. neglecta and N. rosea are recorded for the first time from the Brazilian coast and A. caeca has its known meridional distribution greatly enlarged. The geographic distribution along the Atlantic ocean of the Nephropidae species is presented; the Caribbean Region zone has the greatest species richness followed by the Brazilian Region.