First record of Potimirim potimirim (Müller, 1881) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae) from Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil

Potimirim potimirim (Müller, 1881), a species of coastal freshwater shrimp, is recorded for the first time from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern of Brazil, where it was collected in a small tributary of the Potengi River. This record extends the distribution of this species about 220 km north along Brazilian coast. New records, such as this, reinforce the need for greater research efforts in the northeastern freshwater ecosystems of Brazil to provide better understand the region’s biodiversity and establish better parameters for conservation actions.

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Isognomon bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1845) (Mollusca: Bivalvia): first record of this invasive species for the States of Paraíba and Alagoas and new records for other localities of Northeastern Brazil

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10.15560/9.1.157 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 157 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias ◽

Ellori Laíse Silva Mota ◽

Anne Isabelley Gondim ◽

Jacicleide Macedo Oliveira ◽

Emanuelle Fontenele Rabelo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Invasive Species ◽

New Record ◽

New Records ◽

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Northeast Brazil ◽

Littoral Region ◽

Exotic Invasive

This study provides the first record of the exotic invasive bivalve Isognomon bicolor for the State of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil. It has been found to occur in at least twelve coastal reefs along the coast. We also present its first record for the State of Alagoas and new record localities for the States of Rio Grande do Norte and Pernambuco, including its occurrence in hypersaline estuaries. From these records the distribution range of I. bicolor has been expanded to the littoral region of Northeast Brazil, where this invasive species seems well established.

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Coastal fishes of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, with new records

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10.15560/11.3.1659 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 1659 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

José Garcia Júnior ◽

Marcelo Francisco Nóbrega ◽

Jorge Eduardo Lins Oliveira

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

Fish Species ◽

New Records ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Brazilian Coast ◽

Literature Reviews ◽

First Time ◽

Northeastern Coast

An updated and reviewed checklist of coastal fishes of the Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern coast of Brazil, is presented. Between 2003 and 2013 the occurrence of fish species were recorded through collection of specimens, landing records of the artisanal fleet, literature reviews and from specimens deposited in ichthyological collections. A total of 459 species from 2 classes, 26 orders, 102 families and 264 genera is listed, with 83 species (18% of the total number) recorded for the first time in the study area. Additionally, Halichoeres radiatus, Lachnolaimus maximus and Canthigaster jamestyleri are reported for the first time in the Brazilian coast and nine other species have their geographic distribution extended.

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New records of the hairy crab Pilumnus dasypodus (Decapoda, Brachyura, Pilumnidae) in Northeastern Brazil

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10.15560/11.2.1563 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 1563

Author(s):

Sávio Arcanjo Santos Nascimento Moraes ◽

Carlos Eduardo Rocha Duarte Alencar ◽

Elena Thomsen ◽

Fúlvio Aurélio Morais Freire

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

New Records ◽

Rio Grande ◽

The State ◽

South Coast ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

The North ◽

First Time ◽

North And South

Pilumnus dasypodus is reported for the first time in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil. Sampling occurred in the north and south coast of the state in four locations (the farthest about 500 km of the known south distribution of the species). This new record increases the information about the distribution of this species, showing a possible relationship between the distribution of species and the Atlantic Tropical Ecoregion.

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Ambidexter symmetricus Manning & Chace, 1971 (Decapoda, Processidae): first record for Rio Grande do Norte and overview of the species distribution on the Brazilian coast

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10.15560/14.3.539 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 539-544

Author(s):

Alex Barbosa de Moraes ◽

Daniele Cosme Soares de Moraes ◽

Nielson Felix Caetano França ◽

Jéssica Medeiros Malheiros ◽

Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais Freire

Keyword(s):

Species Distribution ◽

River Estuary ◽

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Brazilian Coast ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Seagrass Meadows

We present the first record of Ambidexter symmetricus Manning & Chace, 1971 for the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, filling a distribution gap of this species in the country. We confirm the preference of this species for seagrass meadows in the Curimataú river estuary. Lastly, a brief overview and an updated distribution map for the records of this species on the Brazilian coast are provided.

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First record of the Lesser Snouted Treefrog Scinax nasicus (Cope, 1862) in Brazilian coast and new species records for the state of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazilian Journal of Biology ◽

10.1590/1519-6984.03616 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 77 (3) ◽

pp. 659-661

Author(s):

D. A. Dalmolin ◽

F. O. Rosa ◽

M. D. Freire ◽

L. F. M. Fonte ◽

I. F. Machado ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Brazilian Coast ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Southern Half ◽

Occurrence Records

Abstract Herein, we provide new occurrence records of Scinax nasicus (Cope, 1862) for the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. All new records here provide are located on Southern half of the state. Besides this, we provide the first record for species in Brazilian coastal zone. Those records improve considerably our knowledge regarding species distribution in Southern Brazil.

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Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): first record for the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil

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10.15560/13.3.2110 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 2110 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gustavo Henrique Nunes Basilio ◽

Jan Pierre Martins de Araujo ◽

Juan Carlos Vargas Mena ◽

Patrício A. Da Rocha ◽

Marcelo Augusto Freitas Kramer

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

New Records ◽

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

Wide Distribution ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil

Chrotopterus auritus is a phyllostomid bat with a wide distribution in the Neotropics. It has been recorded in Brazil’s 6 biomes but with few records in the Caatinga. We provide the first record of C. auritus for Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil, based on records from 2 caves, Três Inchu and Gruta da Carrapateira. The nearest records are ca. 400 km southeast in Ceará state and ca. 350 km northwest in Pernambuco state. Our new records fill the northeastern distributional gap of C. auritus in Brazil and South America.

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Reptilia, Squamata, Polychrotidae, Anolis fuscoauratus D'Orbigny, 1837: distribution extension for the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

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10.15560/6.4.681 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 681

Author(s):

Pablo Augusto Gurgel de Sousa ◽

Eliza Maria Xavier Freire

Keyword(s):

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Atlantic Rainforest ◽

Distribution Map

We provide the first record of Anolis fuscoauratus D’Orbigny, 1837 for the state of Rio Grande do Norte and a distribution map for the species in the Atlantic Rainforest of northeastern Brazil. The record of A. fuscoauratus in the municipality of Tibau do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Norte, represents a distribution extension of 170 km northwestern from the municipality of Cabedelo, state of Paraíba. This is the northernmost record of this species in the Atlantic Rainforest.

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Bromeliaceae from Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.422.2.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 422 (2) ◽

pp. 113-143

Author(s):

EDUARDO CALISTO TOMAZ ◽

LEONARDO M. VERSIEUX

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Morphological Variation ◽

New Records ◽

Rio Grande ◽

The State ◽

Additional Research ◽

Identification Key ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Genus One

The Bromeliaceae Flora for the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil, is presented, based on extensive fieldwork, morphological analyses using herbarium and freshly collected material, and specialized literature. Twenty-six species of bromeliads were recorded in Rio Grande do Norte, distributed in ten genera and in three subfamilies. Bromelioideae was the richest subfamily (eight genera/14 species), followed by Tillandsioideae (one genus/12 species), and Pitcairnioideae (one genus/one species). Aechmea mertensii, Hohenbergia horrida and Tillandsia tenuifolia are new records for Rio Grande do Norte. Eight species (31%) are restricted to the Eastern portion of the state, in the Atlantic Forest. Caatinga dry woodlands harbor 18 species, with remarkable presence of Bromelia laciniosa, Encholirium spectabile, Tillandsia recurvata and T. streptocarpa, the four most widely distributed taxa. We discuss problems related to unclear taxonomic circumscriptions of species or diverging information between authors, more expressively in Hohenbergia, but also in Aechmea, Cryptanthus and Tillandsia. The data presented here might contribute to better understand the morphological variation of these taxa and suggest additional research on their taxonomy. Morphological descriptions, general comments, a map, photo plates and an identification key for all taxa are provided.

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Five new records and morphological data of polyclad species (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3170.1.3 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3170 (1) ◽

pp. 31 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

JULIANA BAHIA ◽

VINICIUS PADULA ◽

MARLON DELGADO

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Morphological Data

In Brazil, 66 flatworm species of the order Polycladida are known, most of which collected from the southeastern Braziliancoast. The present study includes morphological descriptions of five species from Rio Grande do Norte State, BrazilianNortheastern coast: Enchiridium evelinae, Phrikoceros mopsus, Pseudobiceros evelinae, Thysanozoon brocchii and Hop-loplana divae. These findings represent the first record of Polycladida for this region of Brazil. Also, for the first timeEnchiridium evelinae, Pseudobiceros evelinae and Hoploplana divae are illustrated with color photographs of live spec-imens and histological details. Association with compound ascidians and encrusting bryozoan were observed and com-mented. Our data suggest that knowledge about Brazilian polyclads is underestimated and emphasizes the necessity of further studies to better understand the Polycladida biodiversity in Brazil.

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First record of Lopescladius Oliveira, 1967 (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) in the Piranhas-Açu River basin, Brazil, with ecological notes on its habitat use

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10.15560/11.1.1554 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1554

Author(s):

Rafaela Lima de Farias ◽

Thuanny Fernanda Braga Alencar ◽

Elvio S.F. Medeiros

Keyword(s):

Habitat Use ◽

River Basin ◽

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Future Research ◽

Intermittent Stream ◽

Ecological Aspects ◽

Chironomid Fauna

The present study describes a new site of occurrence for the genus Lopescladius in Brazil and reports the first record for the Piranhas-Açu River basin, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil. This new occurrence expands the distribution of the genus and adds to the knowledge of the chironomid fauna. The presence of this genus in an intermittent stream highlights the importance of future research on this type of aquatic system as well as ecological aspects related to Lopescladius.

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