Inventory of the Echinodermata collection from the Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Abstract

Collections and inventories provide important and essential information for understanding the composition and distribution of biodiversity. This contribution presents an inventory of the species held in the Echinodermata collection in the Setor de Comunidades Bentônicas (LABMAR/ICBS), Universidade Federal de Alagoas. The collections were made over a period of more than 20 years, at several localities of coastal Alagoas. This collection now includes 16,201 catalogued individual specimens, with 50 species in the five extant classes Crinoidea, Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea and Holothuroidea, based on 640 records; the class Ophiuroidea is best represented. The results of this inventory contribute significantly to knowledge of marine benthic diversity from the state of Alagoas, and the information presented here expands the data for Echinodermata from the northeastern coast of Brazil.

Echinodermata associated to rhodoliths from Seixas Beach, State of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil

“…In Brazilian coast, the species was reported in (Gondim et al 2008), Alagoas (Miranda et al 2012), Bahia (Deichmann 1930), Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro (Mondin 1973), São Paulo (Ancona Lopez 1962). It found until 45 m deep (Hendler et al 1995).…”

“…From Antilles to Brazil (Tommasi 1969). In Brazilian coast, the species was reported in Paraíba, Alagoas (Miranda et al 2012), Bahia (Théel, 1886), Espírito Santo (Mondin 1973). The species can be found until 5 m depth (Laguarda-Figueras et al 2001).…”

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

“…Despite the above-mentioned papers, the knowledge of echinoderm biodiversity in Brazil remains sparse (Ventura et al 2006), especially in the Northeastern Region (Miranda et al 2012). Thus, the aim of this paper is to report the first record of L. sexiesperforata from the coast of Rio Grande do Norte and provide an updated distribution map based on literature and field samples.…”

“…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.…”

“…Herrera-Moreno and Bitencourt (2013) listed L. sexiesperforata as occurring in Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Colombia, and Uruguay. In Brazil, its distribution is widely known, but with some gaps, and has been recorded from the states of Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro (Rathbun 1879, Lima-Verde 1969, Alves and Cerqueira 2000, Ventura et al 2006, Gondim et al 2008, Miranda et al 2012.…”