<i>Stelletta ruetzleri</i> sp. nov., a new ancorinid from the Southwestern Atlantic (Porifera, Astrophorida)

Beatriz Mothes; Carla Maria M. Silva

doi:10.3989/scimar.2002.66n169

Stelletta ruetzleri sp. nov., a new ancorinid from the Southwestern Atlantic (Porifera, Astrophorida)

Authors

Beatriz Mothes Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul
Carla Maria M. Silva Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2002.66n169

Keywords:

Porifera, Ancorinidae, Stelletta, continental shelf, Southwestern Atlantic, taxonomy

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 of the spicules. The new species is based on the presence of one category of oxeas, dichotriaenes, oxyasters and spheroxyasters.

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2002-03-30

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Mothes B, M. Silva CM. Stelletta ruetzleri sp. nov., a new ancorinid from the Southwestern Atlantic (Porifera, Astrophorida). Sci. mar. [Internet]. 2002Mar.30 [cited 2024Apr.18];66(1):69-75. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/565

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Vol. 66 No. 1 (2002)

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