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New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from shallow waters off Maceió, State of Alagoas, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2011

Maria Lilian F. Lima ,
Monica D. Correia ,
Hilda H. Sovierzoski  and
Cynthia L.C. Manso
Maria Lilian F. Lima*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Conservação nos Trópicos, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Monica D. Correia
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Setor de Comunidades Bentônicas (LABMAR/ICBS), Rua Aristeu de Andrade, 452, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Hilda H. Sovierzoski
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Setor de Comunidades Bentônicas (LABMAR/ICBS), Rua Aristeu de Andrade, 452, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Cynthia L.C. Manso
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Núcleo de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos (LABIMAR), Campus Prof. Alberto Carvalho, Itabaiana, Sergipe, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M.L.F. Lima, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Conservação nos Trópicos, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Aspects of the distribution and ecology of ophiuroids from shallow waters off Maceió, State of Alagoas in north-eastern Brazil were characterized. The ophiuroid fauna comprised 16 species in nine genera and seven families, including three endemic species from Brazil, Ophiocnida loveni, Ophiactis brasiliensis and Amphiura kinbergi, and also four new records for the coastal reef system off north-eastern Brazil. On coral reefs 15 species were found and Ophiothrix angulata was the most abundant species. The sandstone reefs presented six species with dominance to Ophioderma appressa. Four of these species were associated with the fouling community on piers. Ophioderma appressa and Ophioderma cinerea were common in the intertidal zone on the reef edges and tide pools on coral reefs. The results demonstrated the presence of a large number of Ophiuroidea species in the shallow waters of Maceió, and expanded their distributions to the State of Alagoas and the reef systems of north-eastern Brazil.

Keywords

north-east Brazilian reef coastbrittle starsbiogeographydistributionecologytaxonomy
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e97
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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