Dataset of records of non-native marine and estuarine species in southern Brazil

This dataset is Supplementary Material as part of the scientific paper “Checklist and status of non-native marine and estuarine species from Southern Brazil” This study comprises a detailed survey of presence records of marine and estuarine non-native species in the South region of Brazil, that includes the states of Paraná (PR), Santa Catarina (SC) and Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Records are up to September 2024. For a record, the following information regarding non-native species was extracted: species, type of record (presence), date, source of information (reference, etc.), environment (natural or artificial), habitat, latitude, longitude, state and additional observations. Species nomenclature was updated following WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. This is an excel file with four sheets: Table 1. Check list of non- native species for the Southern region of Brazil: Species record number; Occurs in Southern Brazil; Functional Group; Worms classification; Taxonomic Check on Worms; Date Worms consulted; Class; Order; Family; Species; Date of first record in the region; Status; Reference impact evidence; Impact evidence; Observations. Table 2. Presence records of non-native species in the Southern region of Brazil: Record Number; Species; Date; Data source; Environment; Habitat; Latitude; Longitude; State; Reference link. Table 3. Occurrence of non-native species inside Federal Protected Areas in Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul: Federal Protected Area; Species; Number of Records. Table 4. Comparison of the species found in this study with those listed by Teixeira and Creed (2020) and Zenni et al. (2024) for each state of the Southern region of Brazil. This study was funded by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (E26/203.002/2017-PensaRio). FA Casares received a scholarship from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), MR Aguieiras received a research scholarship (process no. 385624/2024-7) from the Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT) Biodiversidade da Amazônia Azul (CNPq proc. 405999/2022-4), VR de Melo, CBB do Bem and RG Mata Virgem received scholarships from CETREINA/UERJ and JC Creed received the support of FAPERJ - Proc. No. E-26/010.003031/2014 and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq- 313698/2021-0).