“…Atlantic Ocean: From the Antilles to Argentina and from intertidal to 578 m depth (Parslow & A.M. Clark, 1963; Tommasi, 1970; Bernasconi & D'Agostino, 1977; Alvarado & Solís-Marín, 2013). In Brazil: Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba (Albuquerque, 1986; Gondim et al ., 2013 a ; Gondim et al ., 2013 b ), Bahia (Magalhães et al ., 2005; Manso et al ., 2008), Espírito Santo – Vitória-Trindade Chain (Albuquerque & Guille, 1991), Rio de Janeiro (Ventura et al ., 2006; Oliveira et al ., 2010), São Paulo (Borges & Amaral, 2005; Netto et al ., 2005), Paraná (Bueno et al ., 2018) and Rio Grande do Sul (Capítoli & Monteiro, 2000; Capítoli & Bemvenuti, 2004). Samples of the present study were collected at depths ranging from 25 to 82 m.…”