Eudendrium caraiuru Marques & Oliveira, 2003

Synonyms in the area: Eudendrium glomeratum —Marques 1993; Rosso & Marques 1997; Oliveira et al. 2000; Marques 2001; Migotto et al. 2001; Silveira & Morandini 2011 [polyp] [non Eudendrium glomeratum Picard, 1951].

Remarks: common species on the Brazilian coast (Marques et al. 2006). Further taxonomic details in Marques & Oliveira (2003).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 3°S to 4.50°S, from 22.75°S to 25.58°S, from 38°S to 38.10°S (Marques 1993; Migotto 1996; Rosso & Marques 1997; Oliveira et al. 2000; Marques 2001; Migotto et al. 2001; Marques & Oliveira 2003; Oliveira & Marques 2005; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006a, abstract; Shimabukuro et al. 2006; Shimabukuro 2007; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Marques et al. 2013; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—in shallow waters, on fouling, ascidians, bryozoans, barnacles, gastropods, mussels, polychaete tubes, rocks, test panels and other artificial substrates (Migotto et al. 2001; Marques & Oliveira 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006a; Shimabukuro 2007; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015).