Amilcar Farias

• Ph.D.
• PostDoc Position at Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia

Artotrogidae Brady, 1880 is a cosmopolitan family with 23 valid genera and 131 known species. However, a considerable number of these species were subject of reexaminations and redescriptions recently. With the crescent number of new species discovered, it is becoming possible to better understand their boundaries. This study presents a new genus a...

Citation: Corgosinho, P.H.; Kihara, T.C.; Farias, A.; Schizas, N.; Neves, E.; Johnsson, R. A New Genus of Ectinosomatidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) Symbiont in the Digestive Tract of Eudistoma vannamei Millar, 1977 (Ascidia, Polycitoridae). Arthropoda 2025, 3, 8. https:// Abstract: A new genus of Ectinosomatidae is recorded in association with an A...

The family Dendrophylliidae comprises a genus of azooxanthellate corals, Tubastraea (also known as ‘sun corals’ or ‘cup corals’), native from the Indo-Pacific and introduced into the Atlantic Ocean in the early 1940s. In Brazil, Tubastraea colonies were first registered on oil platforms on the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro state (22°S) in the la...

Entomolepididae is a small siphonostomatoid family with a distinct shield-like body morphology, comprising 9 genera and 20 species. These genera are divided into two subfamilies, mostly based on their body segmentation, the genera with fused pedigerous somites 2 and 3 are included in the Parmulodinae subfamily, and the genera with free pedigerous s...

The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classifications. In this context, the Brazilian mega...

The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classification. In this context, the B Brazilian meg...

The space is a limited resource for the establishment of benthic species onconsolidated substrates. Considering the introduction of invasive species, the effects of theinterspecific competitive interaction must be evaluated, once the prevalence of these organismsover native species depends upon a repertory of strategies not fully understanding. Tub...

The siphonostomatoid copepod genus Scottocheres was established by Giesbrecht in 1897 and now includes nine species. Consequently, these new species introduced new characteristics that must be considered to define the genus. This study provides an emended diagnosis of the genus, describes a new species, discusses the geographic distribution and hos...

The Entomolepididae family is a small taxon with a very characteristic body morphology and is represented, in the Atlantic Ocean, by three genera and five species. A recent study in Todos-os-Santos Bay, in Bahia State, has revealed a new species of Spongiopsyllus and a new species and genus belonging to the Entomolepididae. The new species of Spong...

Neoparmulella periperiensis gen. et sp. nov. is a new siphonostomatoid copepod found associated with an endemic octocoral Phyllogorgia dilatata (Esper) in Bahia State, northeastern region of Brazil. The new genus belongs to the subfamily Parmulodinae which is recorded for the first time in the South Atlantic Ocean. The new genus differs from all ot...

Cryptopontius is the most species-rich genus in the family Artotrogidae with 25 species, being recorded in almost all oceans, except in the Arctic. However only three species of this genus have been recorded from the Brazilian coast, all of them along the coast of Pernambuco state. This study describes two new species of the genus. Cryptopontius ph...