An annotated checklist of Brazilian sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) Author Lucena, Rudá Amorim Author Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey text Zootaxa 2018 2018-01-10 4370 2 101 122 journal article 31042 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.2.1 5dac3069-b21b-4198-b011-4ec91199dbad 1175-5326 1143857 BAC55638-7B2C-4E08-AE5A-0AF0998ECE6D Achelia Hodge, 1884 Achelia besnardi Sawaya, 1951 : 271 –279, figs 1–2 ( Brazil : Rio de Janeiro , 39–46 m ) .— Stock, 1992 : 116 ( Brazil : off Espírito Santo , 59 m ) . Syn.: Achelia sawayai f. besnardi — Stock, 1986 . Holotype : Not designated. Type locality: São Tomé shoal , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . Ecological note: Found among hydroids and algae. Achelia columnaris Stock, 1992 : 116 –118, 139, figs 9–18 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, 34 m ). Holotype: ZMA.PYC.P.1023. Type locality: Rio de Janeiro ( 22°22'S 41º32'W ), Brazil . Achelia gracilis Verrill, 1900 — Stock, 1992 : 118 (Brazil: Espírito Santo, 28 m ). Syn.: Achelia (?) gracilis —Verrill, 1900. Ammothea gracilis —Cole, 1904. Ammothea ( Achelia ) gracilis —Giltay, 1934. Achelia ( Pigrolavatus ) gracilis —Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 . Holotype : Unknown. Type locality: Flatts Inlet , Bermuda . Achelia sawayai Marcus, 1940 c: 81 –86, figs 10a–f, 17 (Brazil: São Paulo, shallow water).— Stock, 1992 : 118 (Brazil: São Paulo, off Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, intertidal to 98 m ).— Varoli, 1996 : 42 (Brazil: São Paulo).— Morgado & Tanaka, 2001 : 177 [tab.] (Brazil: São Paulo, 0.6–5 m ).— Vieira et al. , 2012 : 164 (Brazil: Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago). Syn.: Achelia ( Pigrolavatus ) sawayai —Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 . Achelia sawayai f. typica — Stock, 1986 . Non Achelia sawayai f. besnerdi — Stock, 1986 (= A. besnardi Sawaya, 1951 ). Holotype : Not designated. Type locality: Baía de Santos , São Paulo , Brazil . Ecological notes: On seaweeds, rocky shore. On large boulders, amongst ascidians, bryozoans and sponges. On Dictyota sp., Sargassum cymosum C. Agardh , and Sargassum rigidulum Kuetzing. On bryozoan Schizoporella errata (Walters) .