Parapinnixa hendersoni Rathbun, 1918 Material examined (N=2). 1m, 24/IV/2004, St. 0 4 (MZUESC #697). Distribution. Western Atlantic – Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Venezuela, and Brazil (Maranhão, Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Paraná) (Melo et al. 1989; Melo 1996). Ecological notes. On sand and broken-coral bottoms, or free-swimming. From 40 to 60 m (Melo 1996). Previous records in Bahia. Righi (1967), Barreto et al. (1993). Remarks. This species seems to be common in the northern hemisphere (Powers 1977; Williams 1984; Nizinski 2003). Records in Brazil are rare: Maranhão (Coelho & Ramos 1972), Bahia (Righi 1967), Espírito Santo (Barreto et al. 1993), and Paraná (Melo et al. 1989). The material from Bahia analyzed by Righi (1967) was collected at Abrolhos.

Published as part of Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 1553 on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178168