Micropanope nuttingi (Rathbun, 1898)

Material examined (N=1). 1m, 06–07/VI/2000 (MZUESC #638).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – North Carolina, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Surinam, and Brazil (from Amapá to São Paulo) (Melo 1996).

Ecological notes. On rock, coral, sand, and broken-shell bottoms. From shallow waters to 180 m (Melo 1996).

Previous records in Bahia. Gouvêa & Leite (1980), Gouvêa (1986a), Barreto et al. (1993).