Yet another record of Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne Edwards) (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Northeast of Brazil

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Yet another record of Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne Edwards) (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Northeast of Brazil

Alexander C. Ferreira^II; Cheruparambil Sankarankuty^I; Inailson M.C. da Cunha^III; Fábio T. Duarte^III

^IDepartamento de Oceanografia e Limnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. 59014-100 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Research of the CNPq

^IIFellow of the CNPq

^IIIFellow PIBIC/CNPq

ABSTRACT

The presence of Charybdis helleri (A. Milne Edwards, 1867), an Indo-Pacific species, in one of the estuaries of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil is reported here.

Key words: Crustacea, Decapoda, Charybdis helleri

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The authors are grateful to the CNPq for the award of a research scholarship during the tenure of which this work was carried out. The junior author (C.S.) is also grateful to the CAPES and the British Council for the financial support to visit The Natural History Museum, London. Thanks are also due to Dr. Paul Clark for the hospitality extended (C.S.) during his visit to the Natural History Museum.

Recebido em 23.XI.2000; aceito em 02.VII.2001.

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  30 Apr 2009
• Date of issue
  July 2001

History

• Accepted
  02 July 2001
• Received
  23 Nov 2000