Cynthia Lara de Castro Manso

• Doctor of Geology
• Professor (Associate) at Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Itabaiana, Brazil

Echinoids from Jandaíra Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Potiguar Basin, Northeastern Brazil. The present paper analyzes the studies about fossil echinoids from the Jandaíra Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Potiguar Basin, Northeastern Brazil, with the purpose of showing the current knowledge about the species of the geological unit. The bibliography was o...

"A presente obra está dividida por regiões geográficas do Brasil e aborda algumas das principais bacias sedimentares com fósseis e os contextos geológicos em que se encontram. Desta forma, é possível à compreensão do porquê de o Brasil ter se tornado um polo de extrema importância para estudos que envolvem a história da evolução da vida na Terra."...

The echinoid Homolampas fragilis (A. Agassiz,1869) (Echinodermata) is recorded for the first time in the Brazilian coast from the Continental shelf of the State of Ceará. The specimens were classified based on their distinct morphological characters, including the fragile test, primary tubercles non-crenulated and with deep areoles, absent peripeta...

Brittle stars are considered one of the main benthic groups at the Brazilian coast, where they occur in high abundance and diversity. Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840 is among the most common genera of ophiuroids, with hundreds of specimens deposited in Brazilian Zoological Collections. Here we reviewed the species of Ophiothrix of Brazil and elu...

The study presents a review of the Dendrochirotida species from shallow waters of the northeastern coast of Brazil. A total of 1,268 specimens were analyzed and 24 species were recorded, which were classified into 16 genera of Cucumariidae, Psolidae, Phyllophoridae, and Sclerodactylidae. Detailed descriptions and figures of the taxonomic characters...

This paper presents a new discovery of the echinoid species Phyllobrissus humilis (GAUTHIER, 1875) from the Albian age Riachuelo Formation of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The only specimen obtained in the Maruim 1 outcrop expresses the main species characteristics. Paleoecological notes and a dichotomous key are presented to facilitate the identifica...

The Haushi-Huqf region (central Oman) is a structural high on which the Qishn and Nahr Umr formations represent the upper Barremian–lower Aptian and Albian intervals, respectively, which record some of the transgressive events that covered large portions of the Arabian Peninsula during the mid-Cretaceous. With a complex post-depositional evolution...

Associations between ophiuroids and sponges or corals are common and well studied among shallow water species. In deep-water communities, such relationships are more difficult to observe because of the difficulty in sampling by traditional methods. In this work, five species of ophiuroids attached to corals and sponges, obtained as bycatch in comme...

The spatangoid echinoid Mecaster texanus (ROEMER) was first described from the Austin Chalk in Texas (USA). In northeast Brazil, this species was recorded from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian) Jandaíra Formation in the Potiguar Basin. Here we extend the palaeogeographical distribution of M. texanus southwards to the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin,...

Coastal and shallow marine sediments are usually of heterogeneous nature, composed of variable mixtures of siliciclastic and bioclastic particles. The comprehension of sedimentation dynamics in these environments is rendered problematic by their variable compositional and physical properties. Surface samples collected in the beach face from eightee...

Ophiotrichidae Ljungman, 1867 comprises brittle stars diagnosed by the absence of oral papillae and presence of a cluster of dental papillae covering at least half the height of the dental plate. Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840 is the largest genus in the family and is composed of many species with a highly variable morphology. Ophiothrix angula...

This study presents a review of the species Protankyra ramiurna Heding, 1928 and Protankyra benedeni (Ludwig, 1881) from the Brazilian coast. Some authors consider that these two taxa represent a single variable species. Our comparative analysis of external characters, anatomy and ossicle morphology indicates that they represent distinct species. T...

This study presents the species of echinoderms found inside rhodolith branches from Seixas Beach, State of Paraíba, Brazil, during one year of rhodolith sampling. A total of 64 specimens were analyzed and identified into 12 species, belonging to 11 genera, eight families and three classes. Brief taxonomic descriptions, figures and ecological notes...

Castro Manso, C.L. and Souza-Lima, W. 2017. The first record record of the comatulid crinoid Sievertsella Radwańska, 2003 and its implications for the Miocene of the Bragança-Viseu Basin, Brazil. Acta Geologica Polonica, 67 (3), 425–432. Warszawa. The first record of a comatulid crinoid Sievertsella cf. polonica (Radwańska, 1987), from the Pirabas...

Ophioscolex glacialis Müller and Troschel, 1840 (Ophiuroidea: Ophiomyxidae) was registered for first time off the Brazilian coast, from the Campos Basin of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The specimen was sampled during a environmental monitoring.

About 133 species of Ophiuroidea are known from the Brazilian coast. Of these, seven belong to the family Ophiodermatidae Ljungman, 1867 and six to the genus Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840. The aim of this study is to record the presence of Ophioderma brevicauda Lütken, 1856 for the Brazilian coast. The specimens were collected, identified usin...

(Characterization of the benthic macrofauna encrusted in consolidated substrates of Mosqueiro Beach, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil). Mosqueiro Beach is located at the mouth of the Vasa-Barris River, Sergipe’s coast. This sandy beach currently has several artificial rocks deposited in order to contain the advance of the sea. Despite the efforts in placin...

Foi realizada a revisão sistemática dos equinoides pertencentes às ordens Phymosomatoida e Arbacioida da Formação Jandaíra, Bacia Potiguar provenientes de três localidades fossilíferas. Para a ordem Phymosomatoida foram revisadas as espécies Rosadosoma riograndensis (Maury, 1925) e Phymosoma major Coquand,1862, e para a ordem Arbacioida, Goniopygus...

Neste trabalho é observada a distribuição das espécies de equinoides "regulares" Goniopygus durandi, Rosadosoma riograndensis (Maury 1924), Phymosoma major (Coquand 1862), e equinoides "irregulares" como Petalobrissus setifensis (Cotteau 1866), P. cubensis (Weisbord, 1934), Mecaster fourneli (Agassiz & Desor 1847), M. texanus (Roemer 1852) e Mecast...

This is a taxonomic work on the aspidochirotid sea cucumbers from shallow waters in Northeast Brazil. We studied 165 specimens, classified into 2 families, 3 genera, 7 subgenera and 9 species. Descriptions, illustrations and literature data are included for each species, in addition to ecological notes and information on their distribution in the n...

New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of the Brazilian coast, with notes on its taxonomy and distribution

RESUMO O estudo dos Echinoidea (Echinodermata) do Cretáceo das bacias de Sergipe-Alagoas, Camamu, Araripe, Potiguar e Paraíba, localizadas na região nordeste brasileira, mostrou uma fauna de equinóides diversificada, mas com algumas espécies comuns a mais de uma destas bacias. A relação entre a morfologia das carapaças e o habitat inferido sugere a...

We investigated the current patterns of diversity by country and by class of echinoderms, and analyzed their biogeographical, depth, and habitat or substratum affinities, using the database of the appendix of this book. Traditionally, the area has been divided into five biogeographical Regions and nine Provinces that cover a wide climate range. Cur...

We provide the first annotated checklist of ophiuroids from the continental shelf of the State of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. Identification keys and taxonomic diagnoses for 23 species, belonging to 14 genera and 8 families, are provided. The material is deposited in the Invertebrate Collection Paulo Young, at the Federal University of Paraíba. O...

Collection data of voucher specimens (spec.) collected at Paraíba State continental shelf, Northeastern Brazil. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.307.4673.app1) File format: Mircrosoft Word Document (doc).

Data on the size (measured by disk diameter), number of individuals and relative abundance of voucher specimens collected at Paraíba State continental shelf, Northeastern Brazil. SD = standard deviation. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.307.4673.app2) File format: Mircrosoft Word Document (doc).

This chapter aims to present historical development of echinoderm studies and current research in Brazil. Information about the important geographic and oceanographic features of the Brazilian coast is highlighted. Several aspects of taxonomy, distribution, reproduction, development, immunology, physiology and ecology of echinoderms found in both s...

Neste trabalho é apresentada uma revisão sistemática dos equinoides espatangoides do gênero Mecaster na Formação Jandaíra, Bacia Potiguar. Os espécimes de equinoides fósseis foram coletados em quatro localidades fossilíferas dessa unidade. Foram reconhecidas e revisadas duas espécies pertencentes a esse gênero: Mecaster fourneli e Mecaster texanum....

This study provides an updated morphological description of Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa) annulata based on one specimen from the northeastern coast of Brazil, thus validating the previously uncertain occurrence of this species there. We also provide notes on the known geographic distribution of the subgenus Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa) and comments on ec...

In this paper are registered the Echinoidea species Douvillaster benguellensis (Loriol 1888) and Hemiaster proclivus Cotteau, Peron & Gauthier 1878 in the upper beds of the Romualdo Member, Santana Formation (Albian), from the Rancharia District, Pernambuco State, western portion of the Araripe Basin. With this registry, extends the geographical pa...

This study provides an updated morphological description of Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa) annulata based on one specimen from the northeastern coast of Brazil, thus validating the previously uncertain occurrence of this species there. We also provide notes on the known geographic distribution of the subgenus Asteroporpa (Asteroporpa) and comments on ec...

Neste trabalho é descrito o primeiro registro do gênero Salenia para o Brasil, ocorrente no Aptiano-Eoalbiano da Formação Riachuelo. São também registradas duas novas ocorrências para a sub-bacia de Sergipe, com Tetragramma malbosi (Agassiz & Desor, 1847) para o intervalo Aptiano-Albiano e Micraster (Epiaster) dartoni (Cooke, 1955), para o Aptiano....

Aspects of the distribution and ecology of ophiuroids from shallow waters off Maceió, State of Alagoas in north-eastern Brazil were characterized. The ophiuroid fauna comprised 16 species in nine genera and seven families, including three endemic species from Brazil, Ophiocnida loveni, Ophiactis brasiliensis and Amphiura kinbergi, and also four new...

Cassidulus infidus Mortensen 1948b is one of the few recent species of the family Cassidulidae Agassiz & Desor 1847 and known only from its poorly described holotype. In Brazil, this family is represented only by two extant species and, to date, both are endemic to Bahia (C. infidus) and Rio de Janeiro (Cassidulus mitis Krau 1954). After a century...

RESUMO O estudo dos espatangóides do Cretáceo de Sergipe mostrou que estas formas ocuparam diferentes paleohabitats no intervalo Aptiano-Coniaciano. Douvillaster teria vivido semi infaunal em ambiente desoxi-anoxico no Aptiano. Micraster (Epiaster) dartoni, teria vivido semi enterrada em um habitat pouco mais oxigenado que Douvillaster. As espécies...

The present study reports the first occurrence of Ophionereis dolabriformis for Brazil and increases its bathymetric distribution upwards to 14 m. The specimens examined were from the States of Paraíba and Bahia, in north-eastern Brazil. Descriptions, geographical distributions and ecological notes about the species are provided.

The Mollusca exhibit great morphological diversity if compared to other groups, and occupy almost all environments. This paper aims to survey the mollusk reference collection which consists primarily of terrestrial and limnic gastropod shells deposited in Laboratory of Marine Invertebrates (LABIMAR), Department of Biosciences, Federal University of...

The ophiuroids collected during the Oceanographic Expedition PUCK (SONNE-156) in 2001, in the framework of the project "Interactions between productivity and environment along the Chilean continental shelf" were analyzed. Eight samples had ophiuroids; Fifteen species were distributed in the following families: Gorgonocephalidae (2), Asteronychidae...

The ophiuroids collected during the Oceanographic Expedition PUCK (SONNE-156) in 2001, in the framework of the project "Interactions between productivity and environment along the Chilean continental shelf" were analyzed. Eight samples had ophiuroids; Fifteen species were distributed in the following families: Gorgonocephalidae (2), Asteronychidae...

Cuscuzispina riachuelensis n.gen. and n.sp. is described from the lower Cretaceous (Albian) Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe Sub-Basin, Northeastern Brazil. Although somewhat similar to another Cretaceous echinoid Orthopsis, C. riachuelensis differs from that genus in its highest test, by the presence of interambulacral depressions, the width of the am...

We present the results of the studies on biodiversity of Echinodermata (except Holothuroidea) from the Projects "Marine Environmental Evaluation of the Todos os Santos Bay - MAREMBA" (July/August 1996) and "Geoecology of the Benthic Infralitoral Communities of Todos os Santos Bay (BTS), Bahia, Brazil" (1997). A total of 33 species from 15 families...

P R O V A S 129 OS ECHINOIDEA (ECHINODERMATA) DA LOCALIDADE CATETE VELHO I (CRETÁCEO) EM SERGIPE, NORDESTE DO BRASIL RESUMO – Foram identificadas cinco espécies de equinóides na localidade Catete Velho 1, Formação Riachuelo, bacia de Sergipe-Alagoas. Destas, Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) malheiroi, Orthopsis miliaris, Leptosalenia sergipensis e Phym...

Biota Neotropica is an electronic, peer-reviewed journal edited by the Program BIOTA/FAPESP: The Virtual Institute of Biodiversity. This journal's aim is to disseminate the results of original research work, associated or not to the program, concerned with characterization, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity within the Neotropical reg...

The present study examined the fauna of echinoderms at Cabo Branco Beach, João Pessoa, state of Paraíba, Brazil. The beach was formed by the erosion of a sandstone terrace. Thirty two species from four echinoderm classes (Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea and Holothuroidea) distributed among 18 families and 24 genera were identified. The number o...

Turonian echinoids from the Sergipe basin was studied. The fauna is characterized by a low diversity through this interval: Phymosoma baylei (Cotteau, 1864), Petalobrisus cubensis (Weisbord, 1934), Mecaster batnensis (Coquand, 1862) e M. fourneli (Agassiz & Dessor, 1847). The morphology of the carapace allowed to evidence differents habitats and mo...

A new echinoid species of the genus Holosalenia Smith & Wright is described from Camamu Basin, southern Bahia State, Brazil. The specimens were collected in the bioclastic calcarenite from the Germânia Member of Algodões Formation, which crops out in many points of the Cangaíba and Boipeba islands. These rocks are attributed to the Upper Albian on...

C.L. de C. Manso - First record of the Goniasteridae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) in Brazilian Cretaceous: Turonian the Potiguar Basin. A piece of Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Goniasteridae, tentatively attributed to the genus Crateraster Spencer, represents the first record of the family in Brazil. It was collected from Turonian carbonate sediments o...

In the present paper present a systematic review of the Pygidiolampas araripensis (Beurlen, 1966), an echinoid Cassiduloida from Araripe basin, and the propose to the transfer these specie of the family Faujasidae Lambert, 1905 to the family Clypeidae Lambert,1898, genus Bothryopneustes Fourtau, 1924. This proposition is based on the number of pore...

Studies on marine ecosystems of tropical regions are still relatively few. In general, knowledge of marine biodiversity lags behind. This work aims to analyze the structural features of macrobenthic communities in unconsolidated substrates in Todos os Santos Bay (TSB) in relation to the environment. TSB is 1086 km 2 in area, and is located between...

A piece of Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Goniasteridae, tentatively attributed to the genus Crateraster Spencer, represents the first record of the family in Brazil. It was collected from Turonian carbonate sediments of the Potiguar Basin, State of Rio Grande do Norte. This sea star, which is different of the most recent Goniasteridae found in depth o...

Studies on marine ecosystems of tropical regions are still relatively few. In general, knowledge of marine biodiversity lags behind. This work aims to analyze the structural features of macrobenthic communities in unconsolidated substrates in Todos os Santos Bay (TSB) in relation to the environment. TSB is 1086 km2 in area, and is located between 1...

The echinoid species Pygorhynchus colombianus (Cooke, 1955) is recorded for the first time in the Cretaceous (Uppermost Albian) of the Sergipe Basin (NE Brazil). Pseudholaster altiusculus (White, 1887) is also referred for the first time to the Albian of this Basin. Pseudholaster altiusculus was originally described as Toxaster altiusculus White, 1...

The spatangoid echinoid Hemiaster zululandensis Besaire & Lambert, 1930, is recorded for the first time from the Upper Albian (Mortoniceras sp. zone) deposits of the Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe Basin, Brazil. This species was probably endofaunal, living in medium to fine-grained sediments, near shallow-water carbonate banks. Its occurrence in Braz...