Ecoregions/species Amazonia SPSP Islands FN and AR NE Brazil E Brazil Trindade e MV Islands SE Brazil Other Ecoregions References Amphoriscus synapta (Schmidt in Haeckel, 1872) X Haeckel 1872 Ascaltis reticulum ** (Schmidt, 1862) X S European Atlantic Shelf; W Mediterranean; Adriatic Sea Schmidt 1862; Borojević & Peixinho 1976; Borojević & Boury-Esnault 1987; Klautau & Valentine 2003 Ascandra alba Fonseca, Cóndor-Luján & Cavalcanti, 2023 X Fonseca et al. 2023 Ascandra polejaeffi sp. nov. X* X S Caribbean Klautau et al. 2013; present study Ascandra ascandroides (Borojević, 1971) X X X S European Atlantic Shelf Borojević 1971; Borojević & Peixinho 1976; Klautau & Borojević 2001; Mothes & Lerner 1994 Ascandra atlantica (Thacker, 1908) X X X Cape Verde; St. Helena and Ascension Islands Thacker 1908; Borojević & Peixinho 1976; Goodwin et al. 2021; Muricy et al. 2024 Borojevia brasiliensis (Solé-Cava, Klautau, Boury-Esnault, Borojević & Thorpe, 1991) X X Borojević 1971; Solé-Cava et al. 1991 Borojevia tenuispinata Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017 X X S Caribbean Azevedo et al. 2017; Cóndor-Luján et al. 2018; Fonseca et al. 2023