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Issue: Vol. 5492 No. 2: 5 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5492.2.1
Page range: 151-175
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Taxonomy of Leodice Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Eunicidae) from Northeast Brazil (Tropical Southwest Atlantic Ocean) with description of a new species

Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia); Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Campus I; CEP 58051-900 João Pessoa; PB; Brazil; Laboratório de Invertebrados Paulo Young; Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Campus I; CEP 58051-900 João Pessoa; PB; Brazil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia. Museu Nacional; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Quinta da Boa Vista s/n; São Cristóvão; Rio de Janeiro; RJ 20940-040; Brazil; Laboratório de Biodiversidade de Annelida (LaBiAnne); Departamento de Invertebrados; Museu Nacional; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Av. Bartolomeu de Gusmão; 875; São Cristóvão; Rio de Janeiro; RJ 20941–160; Brazil
Laboratório de Invertebrados Paulo Young; Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Campus I; CEP 58051-900 João Pessoa; PB; Brazil
Laboratório de Invertebrados Paulo Young; Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Campus I; CEP 58051-900 João Pessoa; PB; Brazil
Laboratório de Biodiversidade de Annelida (LaBiAnne); Departamento de Invertebrados; Museu Nacional; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Av. Bartolomeu de Gusmão; 875; São Cristóvão; Rio de Janeiro; RJ 20941–160; Brazil
Annelida Polychaeta Eunicida systematics Marine Algae project marine invertebrates Paraíba State South America

Abstract

Currently, Leodice has 34 species recorded worldwide. Among these, seven species are known along the Brazilian coast. This study is based on material collected during the Marine Algae project conducted in 1981 along the Continental Shelf of the State of Paraíba, at depths of 10–35 m. In this study, we present three new records: L. pellucida comb. nov. for South America, L. marcusi for northeastern Brazil, and L. unifrons for the State of Paraiba. A new species of Leodice is described from the State of Paraiba, Northeast Brazil, Leodice ivanildae sp. nov. This taxonomic study increases the number of known species of Leodice to 37, with nine occurring in Brazil. Additionally, it expands the species of Leodice known from the State of Paraiba, Brazil, from two to six.

 

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