New records of the genus Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (Porifera, Agelasida) off the Amazon River mouth, Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic

Authors

  • Beatriz Mothes Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Museu de Ciências Naturais
  • Maurício Campos Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Museu de Ciências Naturais
  • Cléa Lerner Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Museu de Ciências Naturais
  • João Luís Carraro Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia
  • Fernando José Parra-Velandia Universidad Nacional de Colombia Cerro Punta de Betín, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Departamento de Biologia y Centro de Estudios en Ciencias del Mar

Keywords:

Porifera, Agelas, off Amazon River mouth, Brazil, taxonomy

Abstract

This work provides new information on agelasid sponges found on the continental shelf off northern Brazil. Agelas sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815) and Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 have their first record for the Brazilian coast. Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 and Agelas schmidti Wilson, 1902, previously recorded from Brazil, are cited for the first time off the mouth of the Amazon River.
Issue Cover Vol.: 7 Num: 3

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Published

2007-01-01

How to Cite

Mothes, B., Campos, M., Lerner, C., Carraro, J. L., & Parra-Velandia, F. J. (2007). New records of the genus Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (Porifera, Agelasida) off the Amazon River mouth, Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic. Biota Neotropica, 7(3). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/321

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2007): v7n3

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