Alpheus puapeba Christoffersen, 1979 Alpheus puapeba Christoffersen, 1979: 328, figs 16–18. Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 3821, Ubatuba, off shore (35 m), coll. D. Rosa, 5–14.ix.2011; 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 6303, Ubatuba, Ilha Vitória, coll. A. Castilho et al., x.2015; 1 ♂, CCDB 6304, Santos, Laje de Santos, coll. A. Castilho et al., x.2015. Distribution. Western Atlantic—Brazil (Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul) to Argentina (Buenos Aires) (Christoffersen 1998). Previous records. Several stations sampled by the R/V Wladimir Besnard from 23°24’S to 23°46’S (Ubatuba) (Christoffersen 1979); no new material provided (Christoffersen 1982; 1998). Remarks. Alpheus puapeba has been previously collected from depths of 45–175 m (Christoffersen 1979). The specimens reported here were obtained from depths of 12–28 m, extending the bathymetric range of the species. GenBank accession number: CCDB 3821—16S (KU312977). Alpheus thomasi Hendrix & Gore, 1973: 415, figs 1–3.

Published as part of Almeida, Alexandre O., Terossi, Mariana, Buranelli, Raquel C., Castilho, Antonio L., Costa, Rogério C., Zara, Fernando J. & Mantelatto, Fernando L., 2018, Checklist of decapods (Crustacea) from the coast of São Paulo State (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: II. Infraorder Caridea: family Alpheidae, pp. 331-358 in Zootaxa 4450 (3) on pages 341-342, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1452553