Sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) of the continental shelf off the coast of Amapa State, Brazil

The collections were dredged off the coast (04 degree 13'00" -02 degree 34'02" N, 47 degree 54'05" -50 degree 50'07" W). They were collected between 56 to 95 depths, during an oceanographic expedition, Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navegacao da Marinha do Brasil,...

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Published inRevista brasileira de zoologia Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 667 - 677
Main Authors Mothes, Beatriz, Campos, Mauricio ADe, Lerner, Clea B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.2006
Subjects
Aplysina fulva
Demospongiae
Ircinia strobilina
Marine
Niphates
Niphates erecta
Placospongia melobesioides
Plakinastrella onkodes
Porifera
ASW, Brazil, Amapa
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Summary:The collections were dredged off the coast (04 degree 13'00" -02 degree 34'02" N, 47 degree 54'05" -50 degree 50'07" W). They were collected between 56 to 95 depths, during an oceanographic expedition, Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navegacao da Marinha do Brasil, by R/V " Almirante Saldanha" in 1968. Eight species are here registered, among which Niphates alba van Soest, 1980, Placospongia melobesioides Gray, 1867 and Terpios belindae Ruetzler & Smith, 1993 represent new registers for Brazil. The other species: Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766), Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816), Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, Neopetrosia proxima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) and Plakinastrella onkodes Uliczka, 1929 represent new records to the studied area. All registered species are also known from Caribbean. Specimens are deposited in the Porifera Collection of the Museu de Ciencias Naturais, Fundacao Zoobotanica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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ISSN:0101-8175
DOI:10.1590/S0101-81752006000300009