Cnidaria, Scleractinia, Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1829 and Tubastraea tagusensis Wells, 1982: distribution extension

Wells, 1982 in southeastern Brazil, at two sites at Ilha Grande, Ilha Grande Bay, state of Rio de Janeiro. The two species are considered non-indigenous to the south-western Atlantic because, although extremely conspicuous, they have not been previously reported by coral specialists in studies of Ilha Grande Bay (Castro et al. 1999). De Paula and Creed (2004) listed observations on oil and gas platforms in Brazilian waters and De Paula and Creed (2005) presented compelling evidence that these vectors were responsible for this double-species introduction at Ilha Grande Bay. As part of a large marine biodiversity project carried out in 2003 and more localized investigations of the biology and ecology of these species ongoing since 2000, this paper presents 33 new locality records for