Abstract
The shrimp Nikoides schmitti Manning & Chace, 1971 (Decapoda: Caridea: Processidae) is reported for the first time from the South Atlantic Ocean, based on four specimens dredged on soft bottoms of the continental shelf of the Camamu Basin, Bahia, Brazil (13 deg 28'-13 deg 30'S; 38°47'-38°49'W), at a depth range of 38-49 m depth. The Brazilian material is illustrated and an updated list of the Brazilian processid shrimps and a key for their identification are provided.
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