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Occurrence of Ophioderma brevicauda Lütken, 1856 (Ophiuroidea: Echinodermata) from the Brazilian coast

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About 133 species of Ophiuroidea are known from the Brazilian coast. Of these, seven belong to the family Ophiodermatidae Ljungman, 1867 and six to the genus Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840. The aim of this study is to record the presence of Ophioderma brevicauda Lütken, 1856 for the Brazilian coast. The specimens were collected, identified using specific literature and deposited in the Invertebrate Collection Paulo Young of the Federal University of Paraiba and in the Echinodermata Collection of Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil. The ophiuroid Ophioderma brevicauda Lütken, 1856 is recorded for the first time from the States of Maranhão to Bahia, located at the two extremes of the Brazilian northeast region. We provide a description, notes of the habitat, distribution and ecology for the species based on these two localities. The known distribution of Ophioderma brevicauda Lütken, 1856 in the South Atlantic Ocean is expanded. More studies in poorly known environments of the northeastern coast should be encouraged.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Rudá Amorim, Laura Martini Falkenberg and Joafrâncio Araújo from Federal University of Paraiba for their help in collecting the samples. Thanks go to the anonymous reviewers for their comments on an earlier version of this manuscript; thanks go to Catherine Marbenya for the revision of the language. J.P. acknowledges the doctoral in Sciences Scholarship received from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento do Ensino Superior. M.L.C. was supported by a productivity scholarship from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico.

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Laboratório de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Campus I, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

    Jéssica Prata

  2. Departamento de Biociências, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Campus Prof. Alberto Carvalho, s/n, 49500-000, Itabaiana, Sergipe, Brazil

    Cynthia Lara De Castro Manso

  3. Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Campus I, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

    Martin Lindsey Christoffersen

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Prata, J., De Castro Manso, C.L. & Christoffersen, M.L. Occurrence of Ophioderma brevicauda Lütken, 1856 (Ophiuroidea: Echinodermata) from the Brazilian coast. Mar Biodiv 48, 1595–1599 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0584-0

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