Vol 8 Num 3




Echinoderms from Todos os Santos Bay and Aratu Bay (Bahia, Brazil)

Manso, C.L.C

Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Campus Alberto de Carvalho, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos (LABIMAR), Núcleo de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Olimpio Grande, s/n., Itabaiana, Sergipe
email: cynthia@phoenix.org.br

Alves, O.F.S

Universidade Federal da Bahia
Universidade Federal da Bahia , Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Campus de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, C.E.P.40170-290
Martins, L.R

Universidade Federal da Bahia
Universidade Federal da Bahia , Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Campus de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, C.E.P.40170-290

keywords
echinoderms, taxonomy, distribution

publication date: 09-23-2008
Abstract
We present the results of the studies on biodiversity of Echinodermata (except Holothuroidea) from the Projects "Marine Environmental Evaluation of the Todos os Santos Bay - MAREMBA" (July/August 1996) and "Geoecology of the Benthic Infralitoral Communities of Todos os Santos Bay (BTS), Bahia, Brazil" (1997). A total of 33 species from 15 families were registered and re-described. The distribution of Ophiactis  brasiliensis  is extended to northwestern Brazil. The class Ophiuroidea was dominant in samples in terms of abundance and frequency of occurrence, in particular Amphiodia  atra , Amphipholis  subtilis , Ophiactis  lymani  and Ophiostigma  isocanthum . The asteroid Oreaster  reticulatus  is considered vulnerable to human exploration and was scarce during the surveys. Other species found at BTS, such the asteroids Luidia  clathrata  and Luidia  senegalensis  and the echinoid Eucidaris  tribuloides  are included in the national list of threatened invertebrate species.

how to quote this paper
Manso, C.L.C.; Alves, O.F.S. and Martins, L.R. Echinoderms from Todos os Santos Bay and Aratu Bay (Bahia, Brazil).Biota Neotrop.  Jul/Sep 2008 vol. 8, no. 3 http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v8n3/en/abstract?article+bn02208032008 ISSN 1676-0603.

Cited species
check for this species in other resources Amphiodia  trychna 
check for this species in other resources Amphiodia  atra 
check for this species in other resources Amphipholis  subtilis 
check for this species in other resources Eucidaris  tribuloides 
check for this species in other resources Luidia  clathrata 
check for this species in other resources Luidia  senegalensis 
check for this species in other resources Ophiactis  brasiliensis 
check for this species in other resources Ophiactis  lymani 
check for this species in other resources Ophiostigma  isocanthum 
check for this species in other resources Oreaster  reticulatus 



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