Apiomithrax violaceus

Apiomithrax violaceus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) (Fig. 2A) Micropisa violacea A. Milne-Edwards, 1868: 50, pl. 16, figs. 3–6.— Rathbun 1925: 303, pls. 101, 241, figs. 5–8. Phycodes antennarius A. Milne-Edwards, 1869: 374. Herbstia violacea.— Miers 1881: 206. Apiomithrax violaceus.— Melo 1996: 253.— Bezerra et al. 2005: 920.— Lira et al. 2010: 420. Material examined. 1 female (CW 16.41 × CL 15.77 mm), station IP03, 13.viii.2018 (CCDB 7455); 1 ovigerous female (CW 22.79 × CL 22.70 mm) station SM06, 04.xii.2019 (CCDB 7454). Geographic distribution. Western Atlantic— Brazil (Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) (Rathbun 1925; Melo et al. 1989; Melo 1996; Santos & Coelho 1997; Masunari et al. 1998; Bezerra et al. 2005; Melo 2010; Mantelatto et al. 2020; present study), Orinoco Delta, Venezuela, Caribbean Sea, Margarita Island, Sucre (Lira et al. 2010). Eastern Atlantic— from Mauritania to Angola; Cape Verde Island (Manning & Holthuis 1981). Central Atlantic— Ascension Island (Manning & Chace 1990). Remarks. This is the first record of Apiomithrax violaceus from Espírito Santo state. The values of query cover (> 90%) and percent identity (> 94%) in the BLAST search were suitable for this identification, since our sequences aligned with other of the same species (MF490139, Mantelatto et al. 2018). Sequence accession numbers (GenBank): CCDB 7454—16S (OR501064), CCDB 7455—16S (OR500063) (present study).