NEW REPORT OF THE SPECIES A steroporpa (A steroporpa ) annulata ÖRSTED & LÜTKEN IN: LÜTKEN, 1856 (ECHINODERMATA, OPHIUROIDEA, GORGONOCEPHALIDAE) FROM CEARÁ STATE, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Felipe Augusto Correia Monteiro Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará (IFCE), Campus Jaguaribe, Rua Pedro Bezerra de Menezes 171, COHAB, CEP 63475-000, Jaguaribe, Ceará, Brazil.
  • Helena Matthews-Cascon Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Centro de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v50i1.18848

Keywords:

Coast of Ceará, Mar 15 Project, RV. Victor Hensen, Ophiuroid.

Abstract

Ophiuroids of the family Gorgonocephalidae are rare on the Brazilian coast. Thus, only one specimen of Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa) annulata had previously been registered and deposited in a Brazilian scientific collection. In this paper, we report the occurrence of the species in Brazil based on a single specimen captured in a bottom trawl during the MAR 15 Project of the research vessel (RV) Victor Hensen in November 1990. Our report supports the occurrence of the species in Brazil, represents the first report for the state of Ceará, and reduces the gap in the known distribution of the species.

Published

2017-12-14

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Notas Científicas