Abstract
Species of Serpulidae are common on benthic and biofouling communities, occurring attached on both natural and artificial substrates. In this paper, Serpulids were collected from intertidal to subtidal areas, on rocky shore and suspended artificial plates in port areas. Herein we report three new records of serpulid species to the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We also discuss the misidentification of Spirobranchus tetraceros, which was previously reported to the north of Rio de Janeiro.
Highlights
The Serpulidae is a family of filter-feeding tubiculous polychaetes with broad global distributions, occurring in virtually all marine environments throughout an extensive bathymetric gradient (Fitzhugh, 1989; Bastida-Zavala & ten Hove, 2003; Sun et al, 2015)
All specimens resulted from these surveys are deposited in the Polychaeta collection at Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, MNRJP (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
In Brazil, the species was recorded previously at Recife da Lixa, Bahia State, Brazil and, here, we present the first record of this species from Rio de Janeiro State, Sepetiba Bay, in southeastern Brazil
Summary
The Serpulidae is a family of filter-feeding tubiculous polychaetes with broad global distributions, occurring in virtually all marine environments throughout an extensive bathymetric gradient (Fitzhugh, 1989; Bastida-Zavala & ten Hove, 2003; Sun et al, 2015). The different shapes and structures of their typically calcareous tubes have been used to diagnose species among distinctive genera (Bastida-Zavala & Salazar-Vallejo, 2000; ten Hove & Kupriyanova, 2009) These polychaetes are encrusting organisms that colonise both natural (e.g., algae, shells, and corals) and artificial substrates (e.g., boat hulls, piers, floats, pillars, and solid residues) (Kiessling et al, 2015; Bastida-Zavala et al, 2017; Gündoğdu et al, 2017; Gracia et al, 2018). Their notable ability to attach themselves to many types of substrates and different surfaces, even moving objects such
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