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Table 1 Host species of the invasive brittle star Ophiothela mirabilis found at different locations at Ilha Grande Bay, Brazil

From: Host species of the non-indigenous brittle star Ophiothela mirabilis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): an invasive generalist in Brazil?

Taxon

Lagoa Azul

Morcegos

Abraãozinho left

Abraãozinho right

Porifera

Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882)

 

x

x

x

Mycale americana (van Soest, 1984)

x

 

x

x

Mycale angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

 

x

x

x

Tedania ignis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

  

x

x

Haliclona manglaris Alcolado, 1984

   

x

Dysidea etheria de Laubenfels, 1936

   

x

Chelonaplysilla erecta (Row, 1911)

   

x

Cnidaria

Leptogorgia punicea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)

 

x

x

x

Leptogorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766)

 

x

 

x

Heterogorgia uatumani (Barreira & Castro, 1990)

 

x

 

x

Palythoa caribaeorum (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)

  

x

x

Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)

x

x

x

x

Chordata - Ascidiacea

Phallusia nigra Savigny, 1816

  

x

x

Lissoclinum cf. abdominale Monniot, 1983

   

x

Symplegma rubra Monniot, 1972

x

  

x

Didemnum cineraceum (Sluiter, 1898)

  

x

 

Clavelina oblonga Herdman, 1880

  

x

 

Bryozoa

Schizoporella sp.

 

x

x

x

 Echinodermata

    

Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)

  

x

 

Isostichopus badionotus (Selenka, 1867)

 

x

 

x

TOTAL

3

8

12

17