Stelletta ruetzleri sp. nov., a new ancorinid from the southwestern Atlantic (Porifera: Astrophorida)
In: Scientia Marina (Barcelona). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona. ISSN 0214-8358; e-ISSN 1886-8134, meer
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| Trefwoorden |
Animal products > Sponges
Classification > Taxonomy
PSW, South Atlantic
Topographic features > Submarine features > Continental shelves
Porifera [WoRMS]; Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 [WoRMS]
South Atlantic Ocean [Marine Regions]
Marien/Kust |
| Author keywords |
Porifera, Ancorinidae, Stelletta, continental shelf, Southwestern Atlantic, taxonomy |
| Auteurs | | Top |
- Mothies, B.
- Silva, C.M.M.
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| Abstract |
Stelletta ruetzleri sp. Nov., a new ancorinid sponge from the Southwestern Atlantic (Porifera, Astrophorida), collected at 128 and 200 m depth off Rio Grande do Sul State coast, Brazil (31°20’-32°24’S/49°52’-50°15’W), is described and illustrated with SEM images from the spicules. The new species is based on the presence of one category of oxeas, dicotriaenes, oxyasters and spheroxyasters. |
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