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Malacofauna diversity in artificial environments with sun coral in the Todos-os-Santos Bay (Bahia, Brazil)

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Sabrina Brahim Open the ORCID record for Sabrina Brahim [Opens in a new window] ,
Rodrigo Johnsson  and
Elizabeth Gerardo Neves Open the ORCID record for Elizabeth Gerardo Neves [Opens in a new window]
Sabrina Brahim*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos: Crustacea, Cnidaria & Fauna Associada (LABIMAR), Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil Programa de Pós Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil
Rodrigo Johnsson
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos: Crustacea, Cnidaria & Fauna Associada (LABIMAR), Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil Programa de Pós Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil
Elizabeth Gerardo Neves
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos: Crustacea, Cnidaria & Fauna Associada (LABIMAR), Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil Programa de Pós Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil
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Corresponding author: Sabrina Brahim; Email: sabrinabrahim@gmail.com
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Abstract

Coastal ecosystems have been subject to anthropogenic environmental stressors. Although exposed to different environmental pressures and susceptible to bioinvasion events, Todos-os-Santos Bay (TSB) (12oS, Bahia State, Brazil) has great ecological importance. Among the bioinvasive organisms, Tubastraea corals (the ‘sun corals’) are widespread in artificial and natural environments of the TSB less frequently. Given the lack of baseline information characterizing the original biofouling communities, surveys approaching the malacofauna under the influence of sun corals are essential to the knowledge of local biodiversity and future losses due to possible environmental changes. To provide information on the diversity of the malacofauna, the gastropods, bivalves, and polyplacophorans in the presence of sun corals at 10 sampling stations in the TSB were investigated. Eighty-one taxa of different size classes (micro- and macromolluscs) and mobility (mobile and sessile) were recorded. These species belong to distinct trophic groups (carnivorous, herbivorous, grazers, parasites, and suspensivorous/passive filtering) and life modes (endolithic, epifauna, infauna, and ectoparasitic). Gastropoda had the highest number of species, followed by Bivalvia and Polyplacophora. Cerithiopsidae and Pyramidellidae were the most representative families. Three exotic species and seven new records were identified for the bay. The malacofauna associated with artificial substrates with the presence of sun coral proved to be complex and diverse.

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artificial environmentsbioinvasionMolluscataxonomytrophic assemblages

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 105 , 2025 , e56
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