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An illustrated checklist of macrofaunal molluscs from soft-sediments of the Abrolhos Parcel (northeastern, Brazil) with 15 new records

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Comprehensive understanding of marine biodiversity is essential for conservation, especially for vulnerable ecosystems. In this paper, we implemented and illustrated a checklist of molluscs from the Abrolhos Parcel, Brazil, the most important coralline area in South Atlantic waters. The list features 100 species belonging to 4 classes and 85 genera, of which 15 are new records for Bahia State, northeast Brazil. The results highlight the potential for new records in the area. The species came from 54 unconsolidated sediment samples collected from the bottom of the reef with a 0.042-m2 van Veen grab. Among the listed species, Curveulima sp., Notarchus sp. and Guyanella clenchi are new records for the South Atlantic, while Caecum metamorphosicum, Eratoidea janeiroensis, Volvarina serrei, Solemya notialis, Solariorbis shimeri, and Amphithalamus glabrus are endemic to Brazilian waters. A comparison of our results with those obtained in other reef environments indicates that the Abrolhos Parcel has a rich malacofauna and suggests that many more species can still be found with more samplings.

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Acknowledgment

The authors express their gratitude to the following taxonomists that helped in identifying several species: Sergio A. Vanin (Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de Säo Paulo, IBUSP), Luiz Simone (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, MZSP), Carlo Magenta (Universidade Metropolitana de Santos, UNIMES), Silvio Lima (Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, UFCG), Alexandre Pimenta (Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, MNRJ), Leonardo Souza (MNRJ), and Bárbara Valentas-Romera (MZSP). This work was conducted as part of the multidisciplinary project “Produtividade, Sustentabilidade e Utilização do Banco de Abrolhos”, Subproject Benthos, supported by “Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico”- CNPq - given to AMSP-V (proc. #420219/2005-6) and in part by the MSc fellowship from CNPq given to FMPC (proc. #130159/2016-6). The materials were collected under the permit number 722773 from IBAMA, Brazilian Ministry of Environment, to Eurico C. Oliveira Filho of the University of São Paulo.

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    Flávia Maria Pereira da Costa & Ana Maria Setubal Pires-Vanin

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Supported by the CNPq—Brazilian Research Council, through the Program Instituto do Milênio—PROABROLHOS, subproject BENTOS (No. 420219/2005-6) to AMSP-V and through the MSc fellowship to FMPC (No.130159/2016-6)

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da Costa, F.M.P., Pires-Vanin, A.M.S. An illustrated checklist of macrofaunal molluscs from soft-sediments of the Abrolhos Parcel (northeastern, Brazil) with 15 new records. J. Ocean. Limnol. 39, 671–682 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-019-9161-2

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