Study of the syllids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Syllidae) of the invertebrate collection, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C. - USA)

• Grant number: 14/11549-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: September 20, 2014
• End date: October 29, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: João Miguel de Matos Nogueira
• Grantee: Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda
• Supervisor: Karen J. Osborn
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 10/19424-7 - Taxonomic study of the syllids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the Araçá Bay and ultrastructural analysis of the incubation methods of eggs and juveniles in Exogoninae, BP.PD

Abstract

Syllidae Grube, 1850, is one of the largest polychaete families, currently comprising around 720 species, distributed in 70 genera. Despite being common in nearly all benthic marine samples, less abundantly at great depths, only recently the family began to be more thoroughly studied in Brazil, leading to a prominent volume of species descriptions in recent years, including both new occurrences for the country and species new to science. For accurate species descriptions, it is of great importance the study of material from related congeners from other localities, and preferably type material. However, comparisons are not rarely made exclusively based on the literature, due to difficulties in the exchange of material among institutions. So, whenever possible, the study of large amount of material from important natural history collections should rather be done in the facilities of these museums, instead of asking for heavy loans of material, what may involve several types of difficulties. In this context, the present project aims a grant to visit the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washinton, D.C., USA), to study important part of the syllid collection of that institution, comparing the specimens, preferably types, with Brazilian material, in order to provide more complete and accurate comparisons, in future descriptions of species from the Brazilian biota. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

NASCIMENTO, RODOLFO LEANDRO; FUKUDA, MARCELO VERONESI; PARESQUE, KARLA; DE MATOS NOGUEIRA, JOAO MIGUEL; DE PAIVA, PAULO CESAR. A synopsis of Salvatoria McIntosh, 1885 (Annelida: Syllidae: Exogoninae) from Brazilian coastal and oceanic waters. PLoS One, v. 16, n. 5, MAY 5 2021. (10/19424-7, 14/11549-6, 14/01285-1, 09/17606-3)

MARCELO VERONESI FUKUDA; ANDREZZA RIBEIRO MENEZES-MOURA; CARMEN REGINA PARISOTTO GUIMARÃES; CHRISTINE RUTA. A new species of Exogone Ørsted, 1845 (Annelida: Syllidae: Exogoninae) from Brazilian waters. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 59, 2019-10-21. (14/11549-6, 10/19424-7)

NASCIMENTO, RODOLFO LEANDRO; FUKUDA, MARCELO VERONESI; PAIVA, PAULO CESAR DE. Exogene orsted, 1845 (Annelida: Syllidae: Exogoninae) from Brazilian oceanic islands, with description of a new species and notes on possible hidden diversity in the genus. MARINE BIODIVERSITY, v. 50, n. 3, APR 16 2020. (10/19424-7, 14/11549-6)