Echinodermata da Baía de Todos os Santos e da Baía de Aratu (Bahia, Brasil)

Abstract

Abstract:We present the results of the studies on biodiversity of Echinodermata (except Holothuroidea) from the Projects "Marine Environmental Evaluation of the Todos os Santos Bay -MAREMBA" (July/August 1996) and "Geoecology of the Benthic Infralitoral Communities of Todos os Santos Bay (BTS), Bahia, Brazil" (1997). A total of 33 species from 15 families were registered and re-described.

New record of the Six-holed Keyhole Urchin, Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778) (Clypeasteroida, Mellitidae), from the Brazilian coast, with an updated distribution map

“…Recently faunistic inventories of Echinodermata in northeastern Brazil have been published for the following states: Maranhão (Gondim et al 2013), Piauí (Gondim and Giacometti 2010, Gondim et al 2013, Ceará (Martins and Queiroz 2006, Manso et al 2014), Paraíba (Gondim et al 2008, Gondim et al 2014a, Pernambuco (Fernandes et al 2002, Lima andFernandes 2009), Alagoas (Lima et al 2011, Miranda et al 2012, and Bahia (Alves and Cerqueira 2000, Magalhães et al 2005, Manso et al 2008). The few data from Sergipe state comes from an inventory by Oliveira et al 2010, who also includes materials from other states in the Northeast Region such as Paraíba, Alagoas, and Bahia.…”

Annotated checklist of Echinoderms from Maranhão and Piauí States, Northeastern Brazil

“…In Northeastern Brazil, in Piauí (Gondim and Mai 2010), Ceará (LimaVerde 1969), Paraíba (Gondimet al 2008), Pernambuco (Rathbun 1879;Verrill 1915;Fernandes et al 2002;Lima and Fernandes 2009), and Bahia (Brito 1962;Magalhães et al 2005;Manso et al 2008).…”

“…Dorsal arm plate fragmented Distribution: Bermuda, Florida, the Bahamas, the Antilles (Hendler et al 1995), Caribbean Sea (Alvarado 2011), and Brazil (Tommasi 1970b;Hendler et al 1995). In Northeastern Brazil, it occurs in Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte (Albuquerque 1986), Paraíba (Gondim et al 2008;, Pernambuco (Albuquerque 1986), Alagoas (personal observation), and Bahia (Magalhães et al 2005;Manso et al 2008).…”

“…In Northeastern Brazil, it occurs in Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba (Albuquerque and Guille 1991), and Bahia (Thomas 1962;Magalhães et al 2005;Manso et al 2008).…”

“…(1962), Tommasi (1966;1970a, b), Clark and Downey (1992), Hendler et al (1995), and Manso et al (2008). All examined material is preserved in ethanol at 70%.…”