New records of ribbon worms (Nemertea) from Ceará, Northeast Brazil

Of 45 species of nemerteans reported for the Brazilian coast, only two were recorded from Brazil’s Northeast coast. Here we report seven new records for the state of Ceará, in Northeast Brazil: Tubulanus rhabdotus Côrrea, 1954, Carinomella cf. lactea Coe, 1905, Baseodiscus delineatus (Delle-Chiaje 1...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: MENDES, CECILI B., MATTHEWS-CASCON, HELENA, NORENBURG, JON L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2016
Subjects:
Nemertea
Occurrence
taxonomy
distribution
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4061.2.4
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4061.2.4
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Summary:Of 45 species of nemerteans reported for the Brazilian coast, only two were recorded from Brazil’s Northeast coast. Here we report seven new records for the state of Ceará, in Northeast Brazil: Tubulanus rhabdotus Côrrea, 1954, Carinomella cf. lactea Coe, 1905, Baseodiscus delineatus (Delle-Chiaje 1825), Cerebratulus cf. lineolatus Coe, 1905, Cerebratulus sp. 1, Cerebratulus sp. 2 and Lineidae sp. 1. Specimens were collected at the following beaches: Praia dos Dois Coqueiros, Praia do Pacheco, Pecém harbor, Praia da Pedra Rachada and Praia do Guajiru. T. rhabdotus is a new record for Northeast Brazil, Carinomella cf. lactea and Cerebratulus cf. lineolatus are new records for the South Atlantic Ocean and both genera are new records for Brazil.

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