Alpheus Bouvieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1878: 231.
Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 2375, Ubatuba, Praia Grande, coll. F. Mantelatto & A. Costa, 04.vi.2008.
Distribution. Western Atlantic—Bermuda, USA (Florida), West Indies, Panama, Brazil (Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul). Central Atlantic—Ascension Island. Eastern Atlantic—Cape Verde, Senegal to Gulf of Guinea, Congo (Crosnier & Forest 1966; Chace 1972; Christoffersen 1979, 1998; Manning & Chace 1990; Anker et al. 2009).
Previous records. Ubatuba (Christoffersen 1979; Costa et al. 2000; Mantelatto et al. 2016); São Sebastião (Christoffersen 1979; Amaral et al. 2010); São Sebastião Island (Municipality of Ilhabela) (Christoffersen 1979; Mossolin et al. 2006), Santo Amaro Island (Municipality of Guarujá), Santos, Peruíbe and Iguape (Christoffersen 1979); Itanhaém [Luederwaldt (1919), as A. heterochaelis Say, 1818, in part, see Christoffersen (1984); Christoffersen (1979)].
Remarks. GenBank accession number: CCDB 2375—16S (KU312965).