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Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from a poorly known area in North-east Brazil: filling gaps in Atlantic distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2015

Hilton C. Galvão Filho ,
Ana K. Araújo ,
Felipe V. Silva Open the ORCID record for Felipe V. Silva [Opens in a new window] ,
Victor M.D. Azevedo ,
Carlos A.O. Meirelles  and
Helena Matthews-Cascon
Hilton C. Galvão Filho*
Affiliation:
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 42494, 042999-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará, Caixa Postal 3001, Campus do Pici, s/n, Bloco 909, Pici, CEP 60440-900, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Ana K. Araújo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará, Caixa Postal 3001, Campus do Pici, s/n, Bloco 909, Pici, CEP 60440-900, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Felipe V. Silva
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará, Caixa Postal 3001, Campus do Pici, s/n, Bloco 909, Pici, CEP 60440-900, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Victor M.D. Azevedo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará, Caixa Postal 3001, Campus do Pici, s/n, Bloco 909, Pici, CEP 60440-900, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Carlos A.O. Meirelles
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará, Caixa Postal 3001, Campus do Pici, s/n, Bloco 909, Pici, CEP 60440-900, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Helena Matthews-Cascon
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará, Caixa Postal 3001, Campus do Pici, s/n, Bloco 909, Pici, CEP 60440-900, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: H.C. Galvão Filho, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 42494, 042999-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil email: hiltoncgf@gmail.com
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Abstract

Qualitative samples of ‘opisthobranchs’ were collected from different beaches and estuaries in Ceará State, North-east Brazil. Further species distributions from the literature were used to infer patterns of distribution and to analyse faunal similarity among Atlantic biogeographic areas, Brazilian zones and the Ceará State. A total of 35 new records are reported for the Ceará State, including 19 new records from the North-east Brazilian Shelf (NBS), 12 new from the Brazilian Province and two new records from the South Atlantic. More than half of the species in this area are common between the Caribbean and Brazilian provinces, which demonstrates their capacity for crossing the Amazon–Orinoco barrier. The high percentage of occurrence in the NBS and the South Brazilian Bight, when compared to neighbouring zones, may be attributed to the poor knowledge of the Brazilian ‘opisthobranch’ fauna.

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opisthobranchstaxonomic diversitymarine provincesCearáNorth-east Brazil
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e115
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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