Millepora braziliensis Verrill, 1868

OLIVEIRA, OTTO M. P., MIRANDA, THAÍS P., ARAUJO, ENILMA M., AYÓN, PATRICIA, CEDEÑO-POSSO, CRISTINA M., CEPEDA-MERCADO, AMANCAY A., CÓRDOVA, PABLO, CUNHA, AMANDA F., GENZANO, GABRIEL N., HADDAD, MARIA ANGÉLICA, MIANZAN, HERMES W., MIGOTTO, ALVARO E., MIRANDA, LUCÍLIA S., MORANDINI, ANDRÉ C., NAGATA, RENATO M., NASCIMENTO, KARINE B., JÚNIOR, MIODELI NOGUEIRA, PALMA, SERGIO, QUIÑONES, JAVIER, RODRIGUEZ, CAROLINA S., SCARABINO, FABRIZIO, SCHIARITI, AGUSTÍN, STAMPAR, SÉRGIO N., TRONOLONE, VALQUÍRIA B. & MARQUES, ANTONIO C., 2016, Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters, Zootaxa 4194 (1), pp. 1-256 : 43

Millepora braziliensis Verrill, 1868

Synonyms in the area: Millepora brasiliensis —Branner 1904 [polyp] [incorrect subsequent spelling].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 0.49°S 44.75°W, from 3.50°S to 21°S (Verrill 1868; Branner 1904; Laborel 1969a; Hetzel & Castro 1994; Amaral 1997; Hudson et al. 1999; Castro & Segal 2001; Castro & Pires 2001; Amaral et al. 2002a, 2008, 2009; Migotto et al. 2002; Ramos et al. 2009; Leal et al. 2013).

Habitat: polyp –on calcareous algae, scleractinian Agaricia agaricites , and mud (Amaral et al. 2008).