Tozeuma carolinense Kingsley, 1878

Material examined (N=6). 1m, 2f, 12/VI/2004, St. 0 1 (MZUESC #663).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – from Massachusetts to Panama, including Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, and Brazil (Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, and São Paulo) (Williams 1984; Ramos-Porto & Coelho 1993; Christoffersen 1998).

Ecological notes. On mud, sand with corals and algae, broken shells, seagrass meadows, octocorals, calcareous algae, under rocks. From shallow waters to 58 m (Christoffersen 1980).

Previous records in Bahia. Gomes Corrêa (1972), Coelho & Ramos (1972), Ramos– Porto & Coelho (1993), Christoffersen (1980).