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Encrusting Sabellariidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) in rhodolith beds, with description of a new species of Sabellaria from the Brazilian coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2010

André Souza Dos Santos ,
Pablo Riul ,
Ana Claudia Dos Santos Brasil  and
Martin Lindsey Christoffersen
André Souza Dos Santos*
Affiliation:
Laboratório e Coleção de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, 58.059-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil Laboratório de Poliquetas, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, CEP 23851-970, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pablo Riul
Affiliation:
Departamento de Engenharia e Meio Ambiente, CCAE, Universidade Federal da Paraíba Campus IV, 58.297-000, Rio Tinto, Paraíba, Brazil
Ana Claudia Dos Santos Brasil
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Poliquetas, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, CEP 23851-970, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Martin Lindsey Christoffersen
Affiliation:
Laboratório e Coleção de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, 58.059-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A.S. Santos, Laboratório de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, 58090-090, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Rhodoliths or maërl are calcareous nodules of coralline red algae growing unattached to the substrata. They sustain a high biodiversity, being one of the most important marine benthic environments dominated by macrophytes. Sabellariidae are tube-dwelling filter feeding marine polychaetes that build their tubes by secreting cement from their thoracic glands. Some species are solitary, while others build tubes together, forming large aggregates. This study analyses Sabellariidae collected in rhodolith beds along the subtidal zone of the coast of João Pessoa and Cabedelo, Paraíba, north-eastern Brazil. A total of 100 individuals of six species were identified. Four are reported for the first time for the north-east coast of Brazil: Phragmatopoma caudata Mörch (1863), Sabellaria bella Grube (1870), Sabellaria nanella Chamberlin (1919), and Sabellaria wilsoni Lana & Gruet (1989). The first occurrence of Sabellaria pectinata Fauvel (1923) along the western Atlantic is provided as well as the description of a new species of the genus Sabellaria.

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taxonomypolychaetescalcareous algaemaërlBrazilSabellariidae
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 91 , Special Issue 2: Biodiversity and Taxonomy , March 2011 , pp. 425 - 438
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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