Yemoja brasiliensis ( Freire & Grohmann, 1989 )

Martins, Luciana, Marques, Alexandre Oliveira, Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi & Tavares, Marcos, 2022, An annotated catalogue of Echinodermata types in the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62, pp. 1-11 : 9

Yemoja brasiliensis ( Freire & Grohmann, 1989) Fig. 4C

Leptosynapta brasiliensis Freire & Grohmann, 1989: 720 , figs. 1-6.

Yemoja brasiliensis – Martins & Souto, 2020: 15-18, figs. 9-10.

Type locality: Praia Vermelha beach, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Type material: Holotype – MZUSP 1025 : 20 mm long, Praia Vermelha beach (22°57′S, 43°9′W), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1-4 m, 26.xii.1988 . Paratype – MZUSP 1022-1024: 5 specimens, 15-30 mm long, same collection data as holotype.

Distribution: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Remarks: Based on the examinations of the type material Martins & Souto (2020) described a new genus to allocate the species Leptosynapta brasiliensis . The monotypic genus includes the species Yemoja brasiliensis ( Freire & Grohmann, 1989) .

Figures

Figure 4. (A) Thyonewaltinhoi (MZUSP 1635,holotype);(B)Thyone florianoi (MZUSP 1351,holotype);(C) Yemojabrasiliensis (MZUSP 1025,holotype);(D)Ophiothrix trindadensis (MZUSP 1425, neotype); (E) Ophiothrix spiniformis (MZUSP 2709, paratype) and (F) Ophiothrix troscheli (MZUSP 2708, paratype). Photographs: D, by R.Alitto;E, F by A.Santana.