Scolelepis (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Brazilian coast with a diagnosis of the genus

Borges Rocha, MarceloCesar de Paiva, Paulo

Five species of Scolelepis have been reported for the Brazilian coast. This study raises this number, with two new records: S. acuta Treadwell, 1914, originally from Eastern Pacific, and Scolelepis andradei Delgado-Blas, Díaz & Liñero-Arana, 2009, from the Caribbean Sea. Furthermore, two species were found to have an expanded geographic range along the Brazilian coast: Scolelepis lighti Delgado-Blas, 2006 and Scolelepis goodbodyi Jones, 1962.

1. Scolelepis andradei
2. Scolelepis acuta
3. systematics
4. Morphology
5. taxonomy