Exogone breviantennata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959

Paresque, Karla, Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi & Nogueira, João Miguel De Matos, 2014, The genus Exogone (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the Brazilian coast, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 3790 (4), pp. 501-533 : 510-512

Exogone breviantennata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959

Exogone breviantennata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959: 125 , figs 75–78; Zottoli & Long 2000: 502 –511, figs 1–5; Aguado & San Martín 2007: 209 –210.

Exogone (Exogone) breviantennata . San Martín 1991: 730, fig. 8; 2005: 141–142, fig. 81E, 89; Nuñez et al. 1992: 47, fig. 3; Nogueira 2000: 32, fig. 6F–I; Nogueira et al. 2004: 63 –66, figs 6–7; Fukuda 2010: 121, figs 33–34.

Exogone ovalis Hartmann-Schröder, 1960: 106 , figs 131–133.

Exogone occidentalis Westheide, 1974: 305 –309, pl. 52a–l; Morgado & Amaral 1985: 220, fig. 1.

Exogone verugera non Claparède, 1868. Imajima 1966: 399, fig. 3; Day 1967: 272, fig. 12 g –l; Gardiner 1975: 132, fig. 11 a–e.

Material examined. Project ‘BioPol-SP ’: State of São Paulo: Ubatuba, Praia do Perequê-Mirim (23°29'20''S 45°06'25''W): 13 specimens, coll. 5 January 2003. Caraguatatuba, Praia Martim de Sá (23°37'34''S 45°22'31''W): 8 specimens, coll. 22 July 2005. São Sebastião, Praia de São Francisco (23°44'54''S 45°24'33''W): 7 specimens, coll. 4 December 2002; 22 specimens, coll. 19 April 2003; 29 specimens, coll. 27 September 2003; 24 specimens, coll. 24 July 2005; Praia da Baleia (23°46'48''S 45°39'51''W): 4 specimens, coll. 23 July 2005; 9 specimens, coll. 17 October 2005; Praia do Araçá (23°48'54''S 45°24'24''W): 5 specimens, coll. 17 April 2003; 15 specimens, coll. 15 July 2003; 2 specimens, coll. 25 September 2003; 59 specimens, coll. 20 July 2005; Praia Preta (23°49'16''S 45°24'35''W): 9 specimens, coll. 18 April 2003; 12 specimens, coll. 18 July 2003; Praia de Barequeçaba (23°49'51''S 45°25'52''W): 21 specimens, coll. 20 April 2003; Praia de Guaecá (23°49'S 45°28'08''W): 19 specimens, coll. 17 July 2003; Praia de Toque-Toque Grande (23°50'12''S 45°30'40''W): 3 specimens, coll. 21 July 2005. Guarujá, Praia Branca (23°52'S 46°08'W): 1 specimen, coll. 25 June 2002; Praia de Pernambuco (23°58'20''S 46°11'02''W): 6 specimens, coll. 22 June 2005; 76 specimens, coll. 0 4 October 2005. Santos, Ilha das Palmas (24°00'34''S 46°19'25''W): 8 specimens, coll. 0 5 October 2005. São Vicente, Ilha Porchat (23°58'39''S 46°22'08''W): 1 specimen, coll. 17 November 2002; 2 specimens, coll. 16 March 2003; 4 specimens, coll. 15 June 2003; Praia das Vacas (23°58'55''S 46°22'48''W): 1 specimen, coll. 19 November 2002; 3 specimens, coll. 16 May 2003. Peruíbe, Praia do Guaraú (24°22'01''S 47°00'31''W): 6 specimens, coll. 0 5 March 2007. Project ‘ BIOTA’: Ubatuba, Praia da Fazenda (23°21'25''S 44°51'55''W), on rocky shore, intertidal: 14 specimens, coll. 16 October 2001; Praia de Picinguaba (23°22'31''S 44°50'21''W), on rocky shore, intertidal: 29 specimens, coll. 9 May 2001; 2 specimens, coll. 10 May 2001; 51 specimens, coll. 17 October 2001; on Sargassum sp.: 26 specimens, coll. 18 October 2001; on assemblage of algae: 5 specimens, coll. 0 8 June 2001; 10 specimens, coll. 0 8 October 2001; 15 specimens, coll. 18 October 2001. Caraguatatuba (23°33'954''S 45°12'277’W), 9.4 m: 1 specimen, coll. 22 August 2001; Praia Martim de Sá (23°37'34''S 45°22'31''W), on rocky shore, intertidal: 3 specimens, coll. 13 March 2001; 6 specimens, coll. 16 March 2001; 26 specimens, coll. 19 September 2001; 9 specimens, coll. 21 September 2001; on Dyctiota sp.: 42 specimens, coll. 16 March 2001; on Sargassum sp.: 197 specimens, coll. 16 March 2001; on assemblage of algae: 4 specimens, coll. 16 March 2001; Ponta do Cambiri (23°37'S 45°24'31''W), on rocky shore, intertidal: 47 specimens, coll. 15 March 2001; 6 specimens, coll. 20 September 2001. São Sebastião, Praia de São Francisco (23°44'54''S 45°24'33''W), on sand: 5 specimens, coll. 0 1 June 2003; 2 specimens, coll. 17 June 2003; Praia da Baleia (23°46'48''S 45°39'51''W), on rocky shore, intertidal: 229 specimens, coll. 0 8 April 2001; 11 specimens, coll. 0 9 April 2001; 5 specimens, coll. 10 April 2001; 12 specimens, coll. 12 December 2001; 13 specimens, coll. 13 December 2001; on Sargassum sp.: 174 specimens, coll. 10 April 2001; 13 specimens, coll. 14 November 2001; Praia de Toque-Toque Grande (23°50'12''S 45°30'40''W), on rocky shore, intertidal: 72 specimens, coll. 10 April 2001. Project ‘ Poly-Phytal ’: State of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Ilha do Boi. Praia da Direita (20°18'S 40°17'W), rocky shore, intertidal: on Arthrocardia gardnerii : 3 specimens ( MZUSP 1316), coll. 26 May 2005; 5 specimens ( MZUSP 1306), coll. 21 July 2005; 21 specimens ( MZUSP 1307 and 1314), coll. 0 1 November 2005; 21 specimens ( MZUSP 1309), coll. 0 1 March 2006; on Centroceras clavulatum : 8 specimens ( MZUSP 1308), coll. 0 1 November 2005; 1 specimen ( MZUSP 1311), coll. 0 1 March 2006; on Hypnea musciformis : 3 specimens ( MZUSP 1310), coll. 26 May 2005; on Colpomenia sinuosa : 2 specimens ( MZUSP 1315), coll. 0 1 November 2005; 3 specimens ( MZUSP 1313), coll. 0 1 March 2006; on Sargassum sp.: 1 specimen ( MZUSP 1312), coll. 21 July 2005; 1 m: on Arthrocardia gardnerii : 1 specimen ( MZUSP 2071), coll. 0 1 March 2006. Project ‘ BioPol-NE ’: State of Paraíba, Mataraca, Barra de Camaratuba (06º36'S 34º57'W), intertidal: 2 specimens ( MZUSP 2066), coll. 12 August 2010. Baía da Traição, Praia do Farol (06º41'S 34º55'W), intertidal: 2 specimens ( MZUSP 1319), coll. 0 9 August 2010. Rio Tinto, Barra de Mamanguape (06º45'S 34º55'W), intertidal: 26 specimens, coll. 0 2 February 2010. Cabedelo, Píer de Cabedelo (06º58'S 34º50'W), intertidal: 1 specimen, coll. 12 February 2009. João Pessoa, Cabo Branco (07o08'S 34o47'W), intertidal: 4 specimens ( MZUSP 1318), coll. 0 9 February 2009; 241 specimens, coll. 0 2 February 2010; Recife do Picãozinho (07°4.243'S 34°49.291'W), intertidal: 12 specimens ( MZUSP 1317), coll. 15 September 2012. Conde, Praia de Jacumã (07º14'S 34º47'W), intertidal: 3 specimens ( MZUSP 2074), coll. 29 January 2010; Praia de Carapibus (07º17'S 34º48'W), intertidal: 1 specimen ( MZUSP 2072), coll. 10 February 2009; Praia do Coqueirinho (07º18’S 34º47’W), 1 specimen ( MZUSP 2073), coll. 28 August 2011; Praia de Tabatinga (07º19'S 34º47'W), intertidal: 2 specimens ( MZUSP 2075), coll. 0 1 September 2011; 2 specimens ( MZUSP 2076), coll. 17 September 2012; Praia de Tambaba (07°21'S 34°47'W), 2 specimens ( MZUSP 2077), coll. 30 August 2011. Pitimbu, Farol de Pitimbu (07°28.362'S 34º47'W), 1 m: 18 specimens ( MZUSP 2068), coll. 18 September 2012. State of Pernambuco, Goiana, Pontas de Pedra (7°37'S 34°48'W), 2 specimens ( MZUSP 2070), coll. 13 December 2012. Ilha de Itamaracá, Ponta do Jaguaribe (07°44'S 34°49'W), intertidal: 6 specimens ( MZUSP 2069), coll. 11 December 2012, Recifes de Itamaracá, (07°43.944'S 34°49.200'W), 1 m: 25 specimens ( MZUSP 2078), coll. 15 December 2012.

Additional material examined. Exogone breviantennata . El Salvador, Estero Jaltepeque – holotype ( ZMH P- 14589), det. G. Hartmann-Schröder. Cuba – Manglar Boca Grande, 1 specimen ( MNCN 16.01/9902), coll. 16 June 1996.

Type locality. El Salvador, Estero Jaltepeque (Pacific Ocean).

Distribution. Atlantic Ocean: USA (Florida), Madeira Island, Canary Islands, Pernambuco and Brazil (Paraíba, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo); Mediterranean Sea: Lebanon; Caribbean Sea: Bahamas, Belize, Cuba and Venezuela. Pacific Ocean: China, Australia (Queensland), Galápagos Islands, El Salvador. Indian Ocean: Tanzania, Mozambique, Australia (Western Australia). From the intertidal zone to ca. 40 m deep.

Remarks. This species was reported from Brazil for the first time from the coast off São Paulo (see Nogueira et al. 2004 for more details). In the present paper, its distribution is expanded to Espírito Santo and northeastern Brazil.