Latreutes parvulus (Stimpson, 1866)

Material examined (N=3). 1f, 18/XII/2004, St. 0 1 (MZUESC #712); 1m, 07/08/2005, St. 0 1 (MZUESC #713). Distribution. Western Atlantic – from between New Jersey and Virginia to the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eastern Atlantic – Annobon Islands, and from Spanish Sahara to Congo (Christoffersen 1982). Habitat: In a wide variety of habitats such as fine mud, clay, fine sand, broken shells, shells associated with foraminiferans and hydroids, seagrass flats, among algae and gorgonians, on polychaete sand reefs and dead coral. From shallow waters to 124 m (Christoffersen 1982).

Previous records in Bahia. Christoffersen (1982).