• The endemic land snails of the Fernando de Archipelago, Brasil 

      Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; Cavallari, Daniel caracanhas; Christensen, Carl C.; Freitas, André V. L.; Miranda, Marcel S.; Passos, Flávio D. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2022)
      Fernando de Noronha (henceforth ‘Noronha’) is an oceanic archipelago of volcanic origin, located ~350 km off the northeast coast of Brasil (Fig. 1). The eponymous main island was an important midway port in the Portuguese exploitation of Brasilian resources during the 16th and 17th centuries (Lins & Silva, 2013). The island was also briefly occupied by the British, French and Dutch. It also ...
    • How many species of Mollusca are there in Brazil? A collective taxonomic effort to reveal this still unknown diversity 

      Machado, Fabrizio M.; Miranda, Marcel S.; Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; Pimenta, Alexandre D. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-11)
      The expression ‘you need to know to conserve’ is a well-known cliche among biologists. Documenting the richness of a group of organisms is the first step towards understanding biodiversity and preparing efficient conservation plans. In this context, many efforts have been made to quantify the number of species on Earth and estimate the number of species still unknown to science. A few countries have ...