title: New records of ribbon worms (Nemertea) from Ceará, Northeast Brazil.
abstract: Of 45 species of nemerteans reported for the Brazilian coast, only two were recorded from Brazil's Northeast coast. Here we report seven new records for the state of Ceará, in Northeast Brazil: Tubulanus rhabdotus Côrrea, 1954, Carinomella cf. lactea Coe, 1905, Baseodiscus delineatus (Delle-Chiaje 1825), Cerebratulus cf. lineolatus Coe, 1905, Cerebratulus sp. 1, Cerebratulus sp. 2 and Lineidae sp. 1. Specimens were collected at the following beaches: Praia dos Dois Coqueiros, Praia do Pacheco, Pecém harbor, Praia da Pedra Rachada and Praia do Guajiru. T. rhabdotus is a new record for Northeast Brazil, Carinomella cf. lactea and Cerebratulus cf. lineolatus are new records for the South Atlantic Ocean and both genera are new records for Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará (LIMCE), Departamento de Biologia Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. Mister Hull, s/n, Campus do Pici, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Marinhas Tropicais, Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.; Email: cecilimendes@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Cecili B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Marinhas Tropicais, Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matthews-Cascon
authors.affiliation: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington - D.C., USA.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Jon L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Norenburg
mesh_terms: D000049:Acanthocephala / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size