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The lobster Scyllarus chacei Holthuis, 1960, a species of the family Scyllaridae Latreille, subfamily Scyllarinae Latreille, is reported for the first time from the continental shelf of Amapá State, Brazil. The female specimen was collected on September 31, 2010, at 72 m depth in the shrimp fishing zone of Amapá State (03°53′N 50°19′W), on a muddy bottom. The present record extends the geographic range known for this species in Brazil to the North. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]