Biota Neotrop., vol. 11, no. 3 Fauna de hidroides (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) da região de Bombinhas, Santa Catarina, Brasil Thaís Pires Miranda1,4, Maria Angélica Haddad2, Vanessa Shimabukuro1, Janete Dubiaski-Silva3 & Antonio Carlos Marques1 1Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, Rua Matão, Trav. 14, 101, CEP 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brasil 2Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR, CP 19020, CEP 81531-980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil 3Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR, Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, CEP 80215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brasil 4Autor para correspondência: Thaís Pires Miranda, e-mail:
[email protected] MIRANDA, T.P., HADDAD, M.A., SHIMABUKURO, V., DUBIASKI-SILVA, J. & MARQUES, A.C. Hydroid fauna (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the region of Bombinhas, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 11(3): http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v11n3/en/abstract?inventory+bn03211032011 Abstract: The benthic hydroid fauna from shallow subtidal zone of six localities in the municipality of Bombinhas (state of Santa Catarina, Brazil) was surveyed and its morphology analysed. Cnidome was also examined when it was necessary for species identification. Twenty five morphospecies were found, from which five (20%) were recorded for the first time in Santa Catarina State and three (12%) were recorded for the first time in the south region of Brazil. There was a 12% and 5.5% increase in the records of benthic hydroid species for Santa Catarina and southern Brazilian coast, respectively. Keywords: Anthoathecata, Leptothecata, biodiversity, faunistic, taxonomy, marine fauna, cnidarians. MIRANDA, T.P., HADDAD, M.A., SHIMABUKURO, V., DUBIASKI-SILVA, J.