Checklist of the Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) from the State of Paraíba, Brazil

Abstract

(1) Abstract: The study presents the first species list for holothurians from the coast of the State of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. The list was made based on the study of specimens deposited in the Invertebrate Collection Paulo Young, Federal University of Paraíba. A total of 16 species from seven families of Holothuroidea were recorded. This paper contributes to the biodiversity studies from the northeast coast of Brazil.(

Current knowledge of Holothuriida (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata) from Brazil

“…the order Holothuriida, including species of Mesothuriidae (Ancona Lopez, 1958Lopez, , 1962Brito, 1960Brito, , 1962Tommasi, 1969Tommasi, , 1971Tommasi, , 1972Mondin, 1973;Tommasi and Aron, 1988;Freire and Grohmann, 1989;Moura et al, 2010Moura et al, , 2016Martins et al, 2012Martins et al, , 2017Prata et al, 2014a;Prata et al, 2014b, Prata andChristoffersen, 2017). Holothuriida is one of the most diverse orders of the class Holothuroidea.…”