Biodiversity and endemic patterns of Majoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) in Brazil

• Grant number: 13/01201-0
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
• Start date: June 01, 2013
• End date: May 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Morphology of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: William Ricardo Amancio Santana
• Grantee: William Ricardo Amancio Santana
• Host Institution: Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação. Universidade do Sagrado Coração (USC). Bauru , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Marcos Domingos Siqueira Tavares

Abstract

The order Decapoda is the most diverse group within Crustacea. In this context, the infraorder Brachyura has, approximately, 6900 known species. Within the Brachyura, the superfamily Majoidea is a large group and shows great morphological diversity, including the biggest known arthropods and very small species. Several species of this superfamily have a great ecological importance, mainly in the maintenance of the reef environments where they are commonly found. Among the Brachyura, roughly 400 marine species are found on the Brazilian coast. In Majoidea this number is approximately 80, with 44 presenting a disjunctive distribution between the Caribbean Sea and Western South Atlantic. The idea that disjunctive patterns of distribution between the Caribbean Sea and Western South Atlantic are common is largely widespread in the scientific literature. However, these patterns remain untested for many groups, which makes difficult to interpret such patterns as naturals or resulting from low taxonomic resolution. Besides the low taxonomic resolution, three possibilities can explain such patterns: (i) the low quantity of sampled material in the region; (ii) natural pattern with the mouth of the Amazon River acting as a biogeographical barrier; (iii) and the possibility of these species are formed by complexes difficult to identify. The present project aims to evaluate in large scale the biodiversity and the endemic patterns of Majoidea in the Western Atlantic Ocean, with the Brazilian coast as a priority, through detailed morphological studies of the Majoidea species. Also, specific objective are to describe possible new genus and species and establish synonymies; upgrade the distribution patterns of the species studied, and recognize possible complexes of species. (AU)

Scientific publications

(27)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

JÉSSICA COLAVITE; REGULO LÓPEZ; JESÚS HERNÁNDEZ; JUAN BOLAÑOS; WILLIAM SANTANA. First zoeal stage of Macrocoeloma subparallelum (Stimpson, 1860) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea) described from laboratory hatched material. Nauplius, v. 24, 2016-10-20. (13/01201-0, 16/02775-8)

COLAVITE, JESSICA; WINDSOR, AMANDA; SANTANA, WILLIAM. Three new species and a new genus of majoid crabs from the eastern Pacific (Decapoda, Brachyura). ZOOKEYS, n. 825, p. 1-24, FEB 18 2019. (13/01201-0, 17/08969-1)

WEGNER, LILIAN; KINOSHITA, ANGELA; DE PAIVA, FABIO FRIOL GUEDES; DE ALMEIDA SOARES, PEDRO NEGRAES; SANTANA, WILLIAM; PINTO, EDILSON M.. Only carapace or the entire cephalothorax: which is best to obtain chitosan from shrimp fishery waste?. JOURNAL OF MATERIAL CYCLES AND WASTE MANAGEMENT, MAY 2021. (13/01201-0)

TASSIA TURINI GOMES; CARLA GHELER-COSTA; CAROLINE ANACLETO RINALDI; WILLIAM SANTANA. Natural diet of Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Northern Coast of São Paulo, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 59, 2019-11-28. (13/01201-0)

SANTOS, LIVANIO C.; TAVARES, MARCOS; SILVA, JOSE R. F.; CERVINI, MARCELO; PINHEIRO, ALLYSSON P.; SANTANA, WILLIAM. A new species of freshwater crab genus Fredius Pretzmann, 1967 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from a naturally isolated orographic forest enclave within the semiarid Caatinga in Ceara, northeastern Brazil. PeerJ, v. 8, JUN 29 2020. (13/01201-0)

LAIRA LIANOS; MICHELLE MOLLEMBERG; FERNANDO JOSÉ ZARA; MARCOS TAVARES; WILLIAM SANTANA. SEM studies on first and second gonopod morphology in Mithracidae (Decapoda: Brachyura). Nauplius, v. 29, 2021-09-24. (13/01201-0, 18/13685-5)

MOLLEMBERG, MICHELLE; LIANOS, LAIRA; ZARA, FERNANDO JOSE; SWENSON, RAFAEL; COBO, VALTER JOSE; SANTANA, WILLIAM. Morphological changes during ontogeny of the male first and second gonopods of Mithraculus forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (Brachyura: Majoidea: Mithracidae). Journal of Natural History, v. 55, n. 15-16, p. 953-967, APR 18 2021. (13/01201-0, 18/13685-5)

COLAVITE, JESSICA; SANTANA, WILLIAM; TAVARES, MARCOS. Morphological differences between Stenocionops furcatus (Olivier, 1791) and S. coelatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea). Zootaxa, v. 4184, n. 3, p. 517-528, NOV 7 2016. (13/01201-0)

FEITOSA SARAIVA, ANTONIO ALAMO; PINHEIRO, ALLYSSON PONTES; SANTANA, WILLIAM. A remarkable new genus and species of the planktonic shrimp family Luciferidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian) of the Araripe Sedimentary Basin, Brazil. JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY, v. 92, n. 3, p. 459-465, MAY 2018. (13/01201-0)

TAVARES, MARCOS; SANTANA, WILLIAM; PETTAN, RENATA. Rochinia confusa, a junior synonym of R-umbonata (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae) as revealed by ontogenetic changes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 96, n. 5, p. 1065-1071, AUG 2016. (08/11280-6, 13/01201-0)

TAVARES, MARCOS; SANTANA, WILLIAM. Refining the genus Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875: reinstatement of Scyramathia A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 and Anamathia Smith, 1885, and a new genus for Amathia crassa A. Milne-Edwards, 1879, with notes on its ontogeny (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae). Zootaxa, v. 4418, n. 3, p. 201-227, MAY 8 2018. (13/01201-0)

SANTANA, WILLIAM. A new species of Sunipea Griffin & Tranter, 1986 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Inachidae) and a redescription of Sunipea indicus (Alcock, 1895). Zootaxa, v. 4052, n. 3, p. 383-393, DEC 3 2015. (13/01201-0, 08/11280-6)

TAVARES, MARCOS; SANTANA, WILLIAM. A new genus and two new species of hymenosomatid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) from the southwestern Atlantic and eastern Australia. Zootaxa, v. 3905, n. 1, p. 91-106, JAN 9 2015. (13/01201-0)

COLAVITE, JESSICA; LOPEZ, REGULO; HERNANDEZ, JESUS; BOLANOS, JUAN; SANTANA, WILLIAM. First zoeal stage of Macrocoeloma subparallelum (Stimpson, 1860 ( Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea described from laboratory hatched material. Nauplius, v. 24, 2016. (16/02775-8, 13/01201-0)

MOLLEMBERG, MICHELLE; ZARA, FERNANDO JOSE; SANTANA, WILLIAM. Morphology and ultrastructure of the adult ovarian cycle in Mithracidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea). HELGOLAND MARINE RESEARCH, v. 71, p. 1-14, JUL 21 2017. (13/01201-0, 10/50188-8)

COLAVITE, JESSICA; WINDSOR, AMANDA M.; SANTANA, WILLIAM. A new genus for Pericera septemspinosa Stimpson, 1871 and Pericera heptacantha Bell, 1836 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea), based on morphology and molecular data. ZOOSYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, v. 96, n. 1, p. 205-216, MAY 20 2020. (13/01201-0, 16/02775-8)

ALVES-JUNIOR, FLAVIO DE ALMEIDA; LUCATELLI, DEBORA; SANTANA, WILLIAM; DE SOUZA-FILHO, JESSER FIDELIS. First record of two rare spider crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea) from Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4688, n. 1, p. 111-118, OCT 21 2019. (13/01201-0)

COLAVITE, JESSICA; SANTANA, WILLIAM; POHLE, GERHARD. Larval development of the spider crab Menaethius monoceros (Latreille, 1825), (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae). Journal of Natural History, v. 48, n. 37-38, p. 20-pg., 2014-01-01. (12/20564-3, 13/01201-0)

COLAVITE, JESSICA; SANTANA, WILLIAM; POHLE, GERHARD. Larval development of the spider crab Menaethius monoceros (Latreille, 1825), (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae). Journal of Natural History, v. 48, n. 37-38, p. 2273-2292, 2014. (12/20564-3, 13/01201-0)

TURINI, TASSIA; COLAVITE, JESSICA; BOLANOS, JUAN A.; HERNANDEZ, JESUS ENRIQUE; BAEZA, JUAN ANTONIO; SANTANA, WILLIAM. Larval development of the Caribbean king crab Maguimithrax spinosissimus (Lamarck, 1818), the largest brachyuran in the western Atlantic (Crustacea: Decapoda: Majoidea). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 101, n. 3, p. 577-589, MAY 2021. (12/20564-3, 13/01201-0)

SANTANA, WILLIAM; COLAVITE, JESSICA; BOLANOS, JUAN; HERNANDEZ, JESUS E.; CANEPA, MIGUEL. Morphology of the larval stages of Pitho aculeata (Gibbes, 1850) (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea) and its implications on the taxonomic position of the genus. MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH, v. 12, n. 8, p. 854-863, 2016. (13/01201-0)

SANTANA, WILLIAM; TAVARES, MARCOS. A NEW WESTERN ATLANTIC SPECIES OF COLLODES STIMPSON (DECAPODA, BRACHYURA, INACHOIDIDAE). CRUSTACEANA, v. 90, n. 7-10, p. 1145-1153, 2017. (13/01201-0)

FABRIZIO SCARABINO; ALLYSSON P. PINHEIRO; WILLIAM SANTANA. Distribution of slipper lobsters (Decapoda: Scyllaridae) in Uruguayan waters. Nauplius, v. 25, 2017-09-04. (13/01201-0)

LAVEZZO, BRUNA; KINOSHITA, ANGELA; FIGUEIREDO, ANA MARIA G.; PINHEIRO, MAYARA MAEZANO FAITA; SANTANA, WILLIAM. Detection of rare-earth elements using fiddler crabs Leptuca leptodactyla (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) as bioindicators in mangroves on the coast of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Science of The Total Environment, v. 738, OCT 10 2020. (13/01201-0)

JESSICA COLAVITE; AMANDA MARIE WINDSOR; ISABELA RIBEIRO ROCHA MORAES; MICHELLE MOLLEMBERG; LAIRA LIANOS; ANTÔNIO LEÃO CASTILHO; WILLIAM SANTANA. Molecular phylogeny of Thoe Bell, 1836 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea). Nauplius, v. 30, 2022-10-17. (16/02775-8, 13/01201-0)

WEGNER, LILIAN; KINOSHITA, ANGELA; DE PAIVA, FABIO FRIOL GUEDES; DE ALMEIDA SOARES, PEDRO NEGRAES; SANTANA, WILLIAM; PINTO, EDILSON M.. Only carapace or the entire cephalothorax: which is best to obtain chitosan from shrimp fishery waste?. JOURNAL OF MATERIAL CYCLES AND WASTE MANAGEMENT, v. 23, n. 5, p. 7-pg., 2021-05-27. (13/01201-0)

COLAVITE, JESSICA; WINDSOR, AMANDA; SANTANA, WILLIAM. Three new species and a new genus of majoid crabs from the eastern Pacific (Decapoda, Brachyura). ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 825, p. 24-pg., 2019-02-18. (13/01201-0, 17/08969-1)