Checklist of the marine and estuarine Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) of northern and northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1956 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETRÔNIO ALVES COELHO ◽  
ALEXANDRE OLIVEIRA DE ALMEIDA ◽  
LUIS ERNESTO ARRUDA BEZERRA
Keyword(s):  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Longitudinal Distribution ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
South American ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Latitudinal Distribution ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Non Indigenous Species ◽  
Central South

A total of 272 species of brachyuran crabs are reported from marine and estuarine environments in northern and northeast Brazil. The checklist is derived from the literature published from 1847 to 2008, and includes all species that have been reported at least once from the study area. It is also partially supported by material deposited in the crustacean collection of the Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, city of Recife, Brazil (DOUFPE). The families containing the highest number of species in northern and northeastern Brazil are Majidae (31), Portunidae (22), Epialtidae (20), Panopeidae (20), and Xanthidae (18). The remaining species are distributed in 39 families. The analysis of the distribution of the species in the region, allows for identification of four patterns of longitudinal distribution (western Atlantic, Amphi-Atlantic, Amphi-American, and circumtropical species) and, in the western Atlantic, six patterns of latitudinal distribution (Virginian, Carolinian, Antillean, Central-South American, Boreal, and Endemic). Two non-indigenous species have also been reported. Most of the species represented in northern and northeastern Brazil have Antillean (94 species; 34.5%) and Carolinian (75 species; 27.6%) pattern of distribution.

scholarly journals Fishes from the Itapecuru River basin, State of Maranhão, northeast Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
MC Barros ◽  
EC Fraga ◽  
JLO Birindelli
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Large River ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
South American ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Brazilian State

The Itapecuru is a relatively large river in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhão. During several expeditions to this basin, we collected 69 fish species belonging to 65 genera, 29 families and 10 orders. Characiformes and Siluriformes were the orders with the largest number of species and Characidae, Loricariidae, Cichlidae, Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae were the richest families. About 30% of the fish fauna of the Itapecuru basin is endemic or restricted to northeastern Brazil. Just over a fifth (22%) of the species is also known to occur in the Amazon basin and only a few are more widely distributed in South American.

scholarly journals Metabarcoding and post-sampling strategies to discover non-indigenous species: A case study in the estuaries of the central south Bay of Biscay

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaisel J. Borrell ◽  
Laura Miralles ◽  
Adrián Mártinez-Marqués ◽  
Alexia Semeraro ◽  
Andrés Arias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Bay Of Biscay ◽  
Sampling Strategies ◽  
Non Indigenous Species ◽  
Central South

Malacostegine bryozoans (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from Bahia State, northeast Brazil: taxonomy and non-indigenous species

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 1463-1488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana C. S. Almeida ◽  
Facelucia B. C. Souza ◽  
Leandro M. Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Non Indigenous Species

Odyssey of stow-away noctuid moths to southern polar islands

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID K.A. BARNES ◽  
PETER CONVEY
Keyword(s):  
Polar Front ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Falkland Islands ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
South American ◽  
Peridroma Saucia ◽  
Orkney Islands ◽  
Signy Island ◽  
High Southern Latitude ◽  
Non Indigenous Species

High southern latitude island environments are unusual in having relatively low or, in some cases, no non-indigenous species (NIS). Here we describe the accidental transport and survivorship of moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) on a research vessel travelling from southern South America (Montevideo, Uruguay) first to the cool temperate Falkland Islands and then onwards to Maritime Antarctic Signy Island (South Orkney Islands). On the vessel's arrival at Stanley, Falkland Islands, from Montevideo we found eight live (and 30 dead) individuals of two species of South American noctuid moth (Pseudaletia adultera Schaus and Peridroma saucia (Hübner)), presumed to have been attracted to the ship's lights while in port. Neither of these is indigenous to the Falkland Islands. Five of the eight living moths (all P. adultera) survived the four days the ship was moored in Stanley and one survived a further four day journey across the Polar Front to Signy Island. Southern oceanic islands are particularly vulnerable to invasion by NIS, with human (shipping) activities being the main route of arrival. With increasing shipping throughout this region some measures have been proposed or adopted to reduce the risk of NIS transfer.

scholarly journals Rudolf Schlechter's South-American orchids III. Schlechter's "network": North and Northeast Brazil, The Guianas

Lankesteriana ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Ossenbach ◽  
Rudolf Jenny
Keyword(s):  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
South American ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
History Of Botany ◽  
The Third ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tocantins River ◽  
Northern Territories ◽  
The Guianas

The third chapter of the series about Rudolf Schlechter’s South-American orchids presents concise biographical information about those botanists and orchid collectors who were connected to Schlechter and worked in north and northeastern Brazil, as well as in the three Guianas. As an introduction, a brief geographical outline is presented, dividing the northern territories in four zones: the Amazon basin, the Araguaia-Tocantins river basin, the Northeast region and the Guianas. It is followed by a short mention of the historical milestones in the history of orchids in these regions during the preceding centuries. Key words: Amazon River, biography, history of botany, Orchidaceae, Roraima, Tocantins River

Resurrection of the genusLicorniaforScrupocellaria jolloisii(Bryozoa) and related species, with documentation ofL. jolloisiias a non-indigenous species in the western Atlantic

2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (7) ◽  
pp. 1911-1921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro M. Vieira ◽  
Mary E. Spencer Jones ◽  
Judith E. Winston
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Florida Keys ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Non Indigenous Species

Recent studies of the large cheilostome bryozoan genusScrupocellariahave shown a greater degree of taxonomically informative morphological variation in zooids, opesia, and polymorphic structures than previously recognized. Only one subgenus has been named within the genus,Retiscrupocellariad'Hondt, 1988, erected forScrupocellaria jolloisii. In this work we further analyseS. jolloisiiand its related species, resurrecting an earlier genus name,Licorniavan Beneden, 1850 forLicornia jolloisii, and nine relatives,L. annectens,L. cervicornis,L. cyclostoma,L. diadema,L. ferox,L. gaspari,L. longispinosa,L. macropora, andL. prolata.Licornia jolloisiiwas originally described from the Red Sea, and most species of the genus occur in the Indo-Pacific region. The species, however, has now been found in the Western Atlantic, in the Florida Keys, US, and in Bahia de Todos Santos, Brazil.

scholarly journals Checklist of the flora of the restingas of Piauí state, Northeast Brazil

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Soares Santos-Filho ◽  
Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida Jr. ◽  
Patrícia Barbosa Lima ◽  
Caio Jefiter dos Reis Santos Soares
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Online Databases ◽  
Herbarium Collections ◽  
Semi Arid

Sandy coastal plain vegetation (Restinga) is composed of communities of plants that grow on Quaternary Neosols along the entire extension of the Brazilian coast. The state of Piauí has a coastal extension of 66 km and is entirely located in the semi-arid zone of Northeastern Brazil. This study catalogued the phanerogam species found along the coast of the state of Piauí, the data of which was compiled from surveys in online databases and literature, and herbarium collections. A total of 363 species distributed among 235 genera, and 74 families were identified. The families with the greatest number of species included Fabaceae (108 species), Euphorbiaceae (19), Amaranthaceae (13), Apocynaceae (12), Cyperaceae (12), Rubiaceae (12), Bignoniaceae (11), Malvaceae (11) and Poaceae (11) and represent over 57.6% of the species collected. Approximately 87% of the species were common to other restinga areas in Northeastern Brazil, and ca. 13% were restricted to the coast of the state of Piauí.

Meta-analysis on the ecological impacts of widely spread non-indigenous species in the Baltic Sea

2021 ◽  
pp. 147375
Author(s):  
Henn Ojaveer ◽  
Jonne Kotta ◽  
Okko Outinen ◽  
Heli Einberg ◽  
Anastasija Zaiko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Non Indigenous Species

scholarly journals First Record of the Alien Species Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017 in Fresh Waters of Sardinia and Insight into Its Genetic Variability

Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 606
Author(s):  
Daria Sanna ◽  
Ilenia Azzena ◽  
Fabio Scarpa ◽  
Piero Cossu ◽  
Angela Pira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variability ◽  
Alien Species ◽  
Procambarus Clarkii ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
First Record ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Fresh Waters ◽  
Mediterranean Island ◽  
Marbled Crayfish ◽  
Non Indigenous Species

In the fresh waters of Sardinia (Italy), the non-indigenous crayfish species Procambarus clarkii has been reported from 2005, but, starting from 2019, there have been several reports of a new non-indigenous crayfish in southern and central areas of this Mediterranean island, and its morphology suggests that this species may be the marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis. Forty-seven individuals of this putative species were analyzed, using the mitochondrial gene Cytochrome c Oxidase subunit I as molecular marker to identify this crayfish and investigate the level of genetic variability within the recently established population. Phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses were carried out on a dataset including sequences from the Sardinian individuals and from all congenerics available in GenBank. Results showed that the new Sardinian crayfish belong to the species P. virginalis. All the sequences belonging to P. virginalis from European countries are identical, with only few exceptions found among Sardinian individuals. In conclusion, this paper highlights the occurrence of a new further alien species in the Sardinian fresh waters, which are already characterized by the high presence of non-indigenous species.

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