It is registered for the first time in the Rio Grande do Sul coast, the crab Panopeus bermudensis Benedict & Rathbun, 1891, which previous southern limit of distribution was at Santa Catarina, and now it is extended to the Rio Grande do Sul state coast line. These crabs were colected at Cassino beach in Rio Grande city in midle of trash lycd with the high tide.
Crustacea; Decapoda; Xanthidae; Rio Grande do Sul; new record