Sessile and sedentary macrofauna from the Pirapama Shipwreck, Pernambuco, Brazil

Biota Neotropica

Simone Maria De Albuquerque Lira²  Cristiane Maria Rocha Farrapeira¹  Fernanda Maria Duarte Amaral¹  Carla Alecrim Colaço Ramos¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Departamento de Oceanografia Recife PE ,Brasil

关键词: artificial reefs;    biofouling;    benthic fauna inventory;    marine invertebrates;    biodiversity;    recifes artificiais;    biofouling;    inventário da fauna bentônica;    invertebrados marinhos;    biodiversidade;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1676-06032010000400021

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Shipwrecks are considered artificial reef environments - structures immersed in aquatic environments (especially marine ones) that provide fauna with shelter, hard substrates, food and nursery areas. This study aimed to survey the benthic animal biodiversity of the Pirapama shipwreck, located 23 m deep and six miles off Recife harbor. From 2001 to 2007, species were observed, photographed and collected through scuba diving. The material was later sorted and identified in the laboratory. A total of 76 sessile and sedentary animal taxa were recorded belonging to the following phyla: Porifera (Demospongiae and Calcarea), Cnidaria (Hydrozoa and Anthozoa), Mollusca (Bivalvia and Gastropoda), Annelida (Polychaeta), Arthropoda (Cirripedia), Bryozoa (Gymnolaemata), Echinodermata (Asteroidea and Echinoidea), and Chordata (Ascidiacea). The greatest richness was for Porifera and Bryozoa - 13 listed species for each. Eleven new occurrences were recorded for the state of Pernambuco, the hydroid Halopteris polymorpha and ten bryozoan species, one of them being the first record for Brazil (Scrupocellaria curacaoensis). The Pirapama's biodiversity was considered typical when compared to other shipwrecks that have been studied around the world.

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