Hymenocephalus cf. aterrimus Gilbert 1905

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Material examined. One specimen: MNRJ 27013 (1, 92.1 mm), T, E-498.

Distribution. Collected from off Bahia, at depths from 614 to 629 m. Hymenocephalus aterrimus was described from off the Kauai Island, Hawaii. It is known to have a worldwide distribution in tropical regions of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (Iwamoto 1999; Iwamoto 2002); in the WSA, it was previously recorded from northeastern Brazil (3°22’ S, 37°49’ W) by Marshall and Iwamoto (1973b).