Patterns of diversity in marine Gastrotricha from Southeastern Brazilian Coast is predicted by sediment textures

A New Species of Paraturbanella Remane, 1927 (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from the Brazilian Coast, and the Molecular Phylogeny of Turbanellidae Remane, 1926

“…The Brazilian coast represents a potentially important area for the discovery of new species, and it is worth noting that this region is of particular interest in the study of marine meiofauna and the diversity of Gastrotricha, as recorded in previous studies [2,34,35,[51][52][53][54]. We emphasize the importance of investigating new geographic areas in order to improve our understanding of morphological diversity and the species richness of gastrotrich species.…”

A synopsis of knowledge, zoogeography and an online interactive map of Brazilian marine gastrotrichs

“…In general, in recent years, the number of new Gastrotricha species descriptions increased in geographic locations known for poor sampling (Todaro & Rocha, 2004, 2005; Hochberg, 2003, 2008, 2014; Todaro, 2012, 2013; Hochberg, Atherton & Gross, 2013; Von Und Zu Gilsa et al, 2014; Araújo, Balsamo & Garraffoni, 2014; Araújo et al, 2016; Todaro, Leasi & Hochberg, 2014; Todaro, Perissinotto & Bownes, 2015; Todaro, Dal Zotto & Leasi, 2015; Todaro et al, 2017, 2019; Kieneke, Schmidt-Rhaesa & Hochberg, 2015; Garraffoni, Di Domenico & Amaral, 2016; Garraffoni, Di Domenico & Hochberg, 2017; Araújo & Hochberg, 2017; Chatterjee, Priyalakshmi & Todaro, 2019).…”

“…However, when only Brazil, with a coastline encompassing almost 7,500 km and varying between ~5° and ~25° of longitude, was analyzed, it was found that more than 95% of the country has never been never sampled. However, most of the scientific effort was placed only in the cost of São Paulo State (Todaro & Rocha, 2004, 2005; Todaro, 2012, 2013; Hochberg, 2014; Garraffoni, Di Domenico & Amaral, 2016; Garraffoni, Di Domenico & Hochberg, 2017; Todaro et al, 2019; Supplemental Material 1). It is important to highlight that these results in the State of São Paulo were not accidental but due to many initiatives for funding studies aimed to reveal the biodiversity of fauna and flora in the State that were supported by the Virtual Institute of Biodiversity, BIOTA-FAPESP, organized by FAPESP, the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (Migotto & Tiago, 1999; Joly et al, 2010).…”

“…Araújo et al (2016) reported a new record of Pseudostomella dolichopoda Todaro, 2012, originally described from the Northern coast of São Paulo, and then collected from the State of Espírito Santo. Garraffoni, Di Domenico & Amaral (2016) analyzed the patterns of diversity of marine Gastrotricha among benthic habitats and localities along the Southeastern Brazilian coast. The authors concluded that the diversity patterns of Brazilian marine gastrotrichs could be explained by differences in sediment textures, tidal zones, and localities.…”

Pseudostomella dolichopoda Todaro, 2012 and P. cataphracta Ruppert, 1970 (Gastrotricha: Thaumastodermatidae): new records from Brazil and USA and an updated key to the genus

“…Studies of marine gastrotrichs have increased in the past decade with greater attention given to new geographic locations (e.g., Hochberg et al 2013;Todaro et al 2014;Kieneke et al 2015;Garraffoni et al 2016). In some cases, there is evidence for a more extensive distribution of described species than previously noted , while in others, the range might be questionable due to misidentification or the existence of cryptic species complexes (Todaro et al 1996;Leasi and Todaro 2009;Kieneke et al 2012).…”