Synopsis of the knowledge on the Brazilian aplacophorans (Mollusca: Caudofoveata & Solenogastres)

Autor(es)

Passos, Flavio Dias ; Miranda, Marcel Sabino ; Ferraz Correa, Paulo Vinicius

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Biota Neotropica; v. 19, n. 1, p. 6-pg., 2019-01-01.

Resumo

Aplacophorans are well known as exclusively marine benthic molluscs with a vermiform body covered by aragonitic sclerites (also called spicules), whose species are widely distributed from the sublittoral down to the abyss. Currently, only nine species are known from Brazil (one Solenogastres and eight Caudofoveata), but these very few records are no longer a reflection of an existing low diversity. Sampling in deep waters has been conducted recently in oil-rich areas of the Brazilian coast, and the museum collections have now many aplacophoran lots. There is a need to learn about and/or install some microscopical facilities in Brazilian institutions, to form expertise for the investigations on these generally small animals. With studies on taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and ecology, important questions will be surely answered about the diversity, distribution, and the relationship among the deep-sea fauna from Brazil and from other places. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/50297-4 - Mollusca-Aplacophora do Sudeste brasileiro: diversidade, taxonomia e aspectos da distribuição batimétrica e geográfica
• Beneficiário: Flávio Dias Passos
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 17/01081-5 - Caudofoveata (Mollusca, Aplacophora) do nordeste brasileiro: taxonomia, distribuição e aspectos ecológicos
• Beneficiário: Marcel Sabino Miranda
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 10/52324-6 - Síntese e lacunas do conhecimento sobre os organismos da zona costeiro-marinha brasileira
• Beneficiário: Antonio Carlos Marques
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 11/07629-6 - Chaetodermidae (Mollusca, Aplacophora) da Bacia de Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: diversidade, taxonomia e anatomia
• Beneficiário: Paulo Vinicius Ferraz Corrêa
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica