On a record of Dardanus venosus (H. Milne Edwards) (Crustacea, Anomura) from the São Paulo State, Brazil

• Published in: Revista brasileira de zoologia 2001-03, Vol.18 (1), p.71-73
• Main Authors: Mantelatto, Fernando Luis Medina, Garcia, Renata Biagi, Martinelli, Jussara Moretto, Hebling, Nilton José
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Dardanus venosus; Marine; ZOOLOGY
• ISSN: 0101-8175; 0101-8175
• DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81752001000100006

The present work is the first report of Dardanus venosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848) in Sao Paulo State and extends the range of this species in the western Atlantic farther to the south in the Brazilian region. A total of twenty two males (mean shield length: 7.56 plus or minus 1.62 mm, 4.7 to 10.9 mm), and fifteen females (7.25 plus or minus 2.53 mm, 4.3 to 14.5 mm) were collected in 1987, 1998, 1999 and 2000 by scuba diving from three areas of Anchieta Island (23 degree 33'S, 45 degree 05'W) in the Ubatuba region, and south of Sao Sebastiao Island (23 degree 57.8'S, 45 degree 16'W), northern coast of Sao Paulo State. No ovigerous females were captured during the study period. Shells of eleven gastropod species were occupied by D. venosus: Astraea latispina (Philippi, 1844), A. olfersii (Philippi, 1846), A. phoebia Roeding 1798, Calliostoma bullisi Clench & Turner 1960, Chicoreus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg, 1927), Cymatium parthenopeum (von Salis, 1793), Olivancillaria urceus (Roeding, 1798), Phalium granulatum (Born, 1778), Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767), Strombus pugilis Linnaeus, 1758 and Zidona dufresnei (Donovan, 1823).