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Distribution of wood-boring bivalves inthe Mamanguape River estuary, Paraíba, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2002

Rosa Maria Veiga Leonel
Affiliation:
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil. CEP: 58059-900
Sonia Godoy B.C. Lopes
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. CEP: 05422-970
Marcos Aversari
Affiliation:
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil. CEP: 58059-900

Abstract

Wood-boring bivalves of the families Teredinidae and Pholadidae are reported for the first time in Paraíba State, north-east Brazil. During one year, molluscs were collected from mangrove tree logs and from wood panels, along a salinity gradient. Four teredinid (Neoteredo reynei, Teredo bartschi, Nausitora fusticula, Bankia fimbriatula) and one pholad species (Martesia striata) were found.

Type
Short Communication
Copyright
© 2002 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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