PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Publications
18. Martins LR, Tavares YAG, Vasconcelos YN, Sánchez FJR, Guilherme PDB, Rupp G, Souto C. 2026. Brazil’s Role in the Illegal Sea Cucumber Trade: A Synthesis of Historical Accounts, Literature, Reports, and Seizure Records. Reg Stud Mar Sci, 104802. Here
17. Souza T, Martins L, Fukuda M, Souto C. 2025. A new species of Comatulidae (Echinodermata: Comatulida) from the southwestern Atlantic coast. Zootaxa, 5716(1), 93–106. Here
16. Boeger WA, Valim MP, Zaher H, Rafael JA, Forzza RC, … Souto C, … Leite YLR. 2024. Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: Setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil. Zoologia, 41, e24005. Here
15. Rupp GS, Martins LR, Souto C, Hamel J-F, Mercier A. 2024. Morphological characterization of anterior axial bifurcation in Holothuria (Halodeima) grisea and other puzzling occurrences in Holothuroidea. Invertebrate Biology, 143(3), e12434. Here
14. Nanglu K, Cole SR, Wright DF, Souto C. 2023. Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development. Biol Rev, 98, 316–351. Here
13. Martins L, Souto C & Tavares M. 2021. Exploring the macrostructural anatomy of dendrochirotid sea cucumber’s (Echinodermata) calcareous rings under micro-computed tomography (μCT) and its bearing on phylogeny. J Anat, 238(6), 1386-1403. Here
MorphoBank project 3716: Here
12. Cunha R, Martins L, Menegola C, Souto C. 2021. Taxonomy of the sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Bahia State, including ontogenetic variations and an illustrated key to the Brazilian species. Zootaxa, 4955(1), 1–78. Here
11. Martins L & Souto C. 2020. Taxonomy of the Brazilian Apodida (Holothuroidea), with the description of two new genera. Mar Biol Res, 16(4), 219–255. Here
In the news: "From Brazil to La Reunion: New sea cucumber Chantalia conandae". WIOMSA NEWSBRIEF 2020, p. 32.
10. Souto C, Mooi R, Martins L, Menegola C & Marshall CR. 2019. Homoplasy and extinction: the phylogeny of the cassidulid echinoids (Echinodermata). Zool J Linn Soc, 187, 622–660. Here
MorphoBank project 3287: Here
9. Martins L & Souto C. 2019. Taxonomic remarks on Havelockia and Thyone (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida), with descriptions of two new species from the Brazilian coast. JMBA, 99, 1127–1134. Here
8. Souto C & Martins L. 2018. Synchrotron micro-CT scanning leads to the discovery of a new genus of morphologically conserved echinoid (Echinodermata: Cassiduloida). Zootaxa, 4457(1), 70–92. Here
MorphoBank project 2730: Here
7. Souto C, Martins L & Menegola C. 2018. Giving up on elaborate dermal ossicles: a new genus of ossicleless Apodida (Holothuroidea). JMBA, 98(7), 1685–1688. Here
6. Martins L, Souto C, Braga J & Tavares M. 2018. Echinoidea and Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) of the Trindade & Martin Vaz Archipelago, off Brazil, with new records and remarks on taxonomy and species composition. JMBA, 98(3), 521–555. Here
5. Martins L & Souto C. 2015. Taxonomic review of four western Atlantic dendrochirotids (Holothuroidea) with the description of a new Brazilian cucumariid species and designation of neotypes. Zootaxa, 3919(2), 362–374. Here
4. Martins L, Souto C, Magalhães WF, Alves OFS, Rosa I & Sampaio CLS. 2012. Echinoderm harvesting in Todos-os-Santos Bay, Bahia state, Brazil: the aquarium trade. Sitientibus, 12, 53–59. Here
3. Martins L, Souto C & Menegola C. 2012. A new genus and new species of Sclerodactylidae (Holothuroidea) from the Southwestern Atlantic coast. Zootaxa, 3506, 54–62. Here
2. Martins L, Souto C & Menegola C. 2012. First record of Holothuria (Theelothuria) princeps and Thyone pawsoni [Echinodermata: Holothuroidea] in the South Atlantic Ocean. Mar Biodivers Rec, 5, e98. Here
1. Souto C, Manso CLC & Martins LR. 2011. Rediscovery and redescription of Cassidulus infidus (Echinoidea: Cassidulidae) from Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 3095, 39–48. Here
Book Chapter
1. Souto C & Martins L. 2017. Os equinodermos. In: Nunes JMC & de Matos MRB (eds.) Litoral Norte da Bahia: caracterização ambiental, biodiversidade e conservação. Salvador, EDUFBA, p. 303–315. Here