Opydorscus fonsecae Renaud-Mornant, 1989b

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87. Opydorscus fonsecae Renaud-Mornant, 1989b

Opydorscus fonsecae n. sp. ( Renaud-Mornant, 1989b)

Terra typica : Atlantic Ocean ( Brazil, South America)

Atlantic Ocean:

• 3°S, 39°W [03°00′S, 39°00′W]; 40 m bsl: [FAO41] Brazil, N-E, Ceará State, Fortaleza, continental plate, salinity (33‰), muddy fine sand. Renaud-Mornant (1989b)

• 4°20′S to 4°50′S, 36°00′W to 37°15′W [04°35′S, 36°38′W]; 20–100 m bsl: [FAO41] Brazil, continental shelf off Ceará State and Rio Grande Do Norte State, fine to coarse quartz sand with detritus, and terrigenous mud. da Rocha et al. (2013)

• 07°49′S, 34°51′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO41] Brazil, Pernambuco State, Itamaracá Island. da Rocha et al. (2013)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 3; total: 3.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO41: 3; total: 3.

Remarks: This is a monotypic genus known only from the Brazilian coast of the Atlantic. It has been reported from intertidal and subtidal zones.