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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Ciências Biológicas from Universidade de São Paulo (1994), graduation at Iniciaçao Cientifica from Instituto de Biociências (1994), master's at Zoology from Universidade de São Paulo (1998) and doctorate at Zoology from Universidade de São Paulo (2003). Has experience in Zoology, focusing on Zoology, acting on the following subjects: mollusca, bivalvia, taxonomia, brasil and anatomia. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The Antarctic environment has a rich endemic marine fauna, whose particularities have been studied in recent decades, in order to understand which and where its species occur, how they interact with each other, and how they interact with the physical environment; these are fundamental to know how these organisms and the ecosystem as a whole will face global changes. All these studies depe…
The marine molluscs constitute an important part of the Brazilian biodiversity, which is more well-known from its shallow water species. Gastropods, bivalves and cephalopods are the largest and better investigated groups, while other smaller ones which are more restricted to greater depths are sometimes completely neglected. This is the case of the Aplacophora, which is diverse in the dee…
The Class Aplacophora comprises species of molluscs with a worm-like body covered by a quitinous cuticle that shelter sclerites (or spicules) made of aragonite; they are divided in two linages: Solenogastres Gegenbaur, 1878 and Caudofoveata Boettger, 1956. The later has 140 described species, characterized by the lack of a foot and the presence of an oral disc (an area around the mouth wi…
The macroalgae, in the marine environment, act as foundation species, because they provide habitat and influence positively in the local organisms assemblages. They provide protection against biotic and abiotic stressors, and also perform as food provisor for the associated organisms. Among the associated organisms, the malacofauna is one of the groups with more abundance and diversity, w…
The Aplacophora are vermiform mollusks that, instead of having shells, have their bodies covered by a chitinous cuticle that harbors sclerites made of aragonite. They are divided into two lineages: Solenogastres Gegenbaur, 1878, and Caudofoveata Boettger, 1956. The Caudofoveata have 140 described species and are characterized by the absence of a foot and the presence of an oral shield sur…
In the second great adaptive radiation of Bivalvia (Mollusca), which occurred during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras, siphons appeared independently in different taxa. These structures, which are derived from the fusion of the margins of the mantle lobes, allow the infaunal bivalves to have contact with the water column above the substrate when they are buried. Among the siphoned infaunal …
In the Animal Kingdom, the Phylum Mollusca is second largest in diversity, with about 76.000 known living species. Among the seven molluscan classes, bivalves stands out by having their bodies covered by the shell composed of two parts, the valves, which names the taxon. For Brazil, there are about 500 species of marine bivalves, 368 of them restricted to the continental shelf. Many of th…
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The bivalve siphons comprise tubular organs derived from the fusion and extension of the posterior mantle margins. The emergence of these organs is considered a key feature in the evolutionary radiation of bivalves, as they allow infaunal animals to have contact with the water column above the substrate while remaining buried. The importance of siphons strongly indicates the potential use…
Caudofoveata is an important component of the deep-sea benthos, being one of the dominant groups in some locations, and having species with extensive distributions. Despite this importance, the Caudofoveata are little known, especially regarding the diversity and distribution patterns of its species from the South Atlantic Ocean. Recently, through the analysis of samples collected in the …
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