WoRMS taxon details
original description
Carrerette, Orlemir; Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos. (2015). New species and new records of Terebellidae (Annelida: Terebelliformia) from off the Brazilian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4020(2): 313-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4020.2.5 page(s): 322-328, figs. 5-8, table 2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MZUSP 2721, geounit Brazil [details]
Paratype AM W.47955, geounit Brazil [details]
Paratype AM W.47957, geounit Brazil [details]
Paratype MZUSP 2722, geounit Brazil [details]
Paratype MZUSP 2723, geounit Brazil [details]
Paratype USNM 1283471, geounit Brazil [details]
Paratype USNM 128472, geounit Brazil [details]
Paratype ZUEC 16828, geounit Brazil [details]
Paratype ZUEC 16829, geounit Brazil [details]
Paratype ZUEC 16830, geounit Brazil [details]
Paratype ZUEC 16831, geounit Brazil [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 3 m deep. One record about 88 m deep. [details]
Distribution Southwest Atlantic Ocean, Brazil: State of Paraíba, João Pessoa (Recife de Picãozinho), Pitimbu (Farol de Pitimbu); State of Pernambuco, Ilha de Itamaracá (Recifes de Itamaracá); continental shelf off the State of São Paulo. [details]
Etymology "The specific epithet is given in homage to Cora Nogueira Braga, who has extensively assisted OC [Orlemir Carrerette] and made it possible for him to complete his Ph D" (Carrerette & Nogueira, 2015: 328). [details]
Habitat Intertidal to shallow depths, among branches of the alga Halimeda discoidea Decaisne, 1842, where the species lives in dense aggregations, with tubes agglutinating large amounts of sediment. One record from a muddy sand soft bottom, at about 88 m depth. [details]
Type locality Southwest Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, State of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Recife de Picãozinho (07º07'00''S, 34º48'29''W). [details]
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