The genus ampithoe (crustacea, amphipoda, ampithoidae) from the brazilian coast

Resumen

This study comprises the redescription of two species of Ampithoe: the cosmopolitan A. ramondi Audouin,1826, previously recorded from Brazil and A. divisura Shoemaker, 1933, a new record from the Southwestern Atlantic. Ampithoe seticoxae sp.nov. is also described based on material from Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro. A key for the species of Ampithoe from the Brazilian coast is provided.