Marine invertebrates associated with rhodoliths / maerl beds from northeast Brazil (State of Paraiba) Author Costa, Dimitri de Araujo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5399-2483 CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Matosinhos, Portugal & UFPB - Federal University of Paraiba, DSE - Department of Systematics and Ecology, Joao Pessoa, Brazil & Sea Servin, Aquario Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil & InPact - Interinstitutional Relations of the Research and Action Institute, Joao Pessoa, Brazil dimitri.costa@ciimar.up.pt Author Dolbeth, Marina CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Matosinhos, Portugal Author Prata, Jessica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0954-5459 UFPB - Federal University of Paraiba, DCB - Department of Biological Sciences, Areia, Brazil Author da Silva, Francisco de Assis UFPB - Federal University of Paraiba, DSE - Department of Systematics and Ecology, Joao Pessoa, Brazil Author da Silva, Geuba Maria Bernardo UFPB - Federal University of Paraiba, DSE - Department of Systematics and Ecology, Joao Pessoa, Brazil Author de Freitas, Paulo Ragner Silva IFPI - Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piaui, Urucui, Brazil Author Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey UFPB - Federal University of Paraiba, DSE - Department of Systematics and Ecology, Joao Pessoa, Brazil Author de Lima, Silvio Felipe Barbosa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7892-5773 UFCG - Federal University of Campina Grande, CFP - Centro de Formacao de Professores, UACEN - Unidade Academica de Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza, Cajazeiras, Brazil & UFPB - Federal University of Paraiba, DSE - Department of Systematics and Ecology, Joao Pessoa, Brazil Author Massei, Karina InPact - Interinstitutional Relations of the Research and Action Institute, Joao Pessoa, Brazil Author de Lucena, Reinaldo Farias Paiva UFPB - Federal University of Paraiba, DSE - Department of Systematics and Ecology, Joao Pessoa, Brazil text Biodiversity Data Journal 2021 2021-07-21 9 62736 62736 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e62736 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e62736 1314-2828-9-e62736 C44D274681CC5EFEB517B2624C051904 Chiridota rotifera ( Pourtales , 1851) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: CZAP-205; recordedBy: G. da Silva, D. Costa; individualCount: 1 ; Location: locality: Miramar Beach; verbatimDepth: 4.0 m Distribution Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean: Mexico, Panama coast; Tropical Western Atlantic Ocean: Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela and Brazilian coast ( Ceara , Paraiba to Alagoas, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro States) ( Prata et al. 2017 , WoRMS 2020f ). Distribution in Paraiba : Cabo Branco Beach ( Gondim et al. 2008 ), Seixas Beach ( Prata et al. 2017 ) and Miramar Beach ( New record ). Notes Found inside the rhodoliths. Diagnosis ( Prata et al. 2017 ): Body cylindrical, elongated. Tegument thin, with some papillae or warts formed by agglomeration of ossicles. Mouth and anus terminal. Colour light pink to translucent. Body wall with wheels with six holes. Small, straight to curved (C-shaped) rods in radial zones. Tentacles with rods similar to those of body (Fig. 11 b ).