A new genus of freshwater sponge (Sterrastrolepis gen. nov.) is defined in this paper and its sole species described upon study of material collected from Turvo River at central Brazil (Goias State) and from Itarare River in the south of Brazil (Parana State). Systematic position of the new genus is the subject of detailed work being carried by the authors and will be extensively dealt with in a further paper.
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