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First record of Scolelepis (Scolelepis) lighti along the Brazilian coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

André Souza Dos Santos ,
Dimítri de Araújo Costa  and
Martin Lindsey Christoffersen
André Souza Dos Santos*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Laboratório e Coleção de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Jardim Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil, CEP 580590900 Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
Dimítri de Araújo Costa
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Laboratório e Coleção de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Jardim Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil, CEP 580590900
Martin Lindsey Christoffersen
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Laboratório e Coleção de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Jardim Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil, CEP 580590900 Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A.S.D. Santos, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Laboratório e Coleção de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Jardim Cidade Universitária João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil CEP 580590900 email: andrepoliqueta@dse.ufpb.br, enteropneusta@gmail.com
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Abstract

Scolelepis (Scolelepis) lighti was described in 2006 for the coast of the Gulf of México. Few Scolelepis species have been reported for the Brazilian coast: S. (S.) chilensis, S. (S.) goodbodyi and S. (S.) squamata. The polychaetes that live in intertidal sand beaches on the coast of João Pessoa city have not been studied before and to date nothing has been published on the Scolelepis species from the north-east region of Brazil.

Keywords

PolychaetaSpionidaeBrazilsand beaches
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e39
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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