Mycale alagoana sp.nov. and two new formal records of Porifera (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the shallow-water reefs of Alagoas (Brazil)

Authors

  • Victor Ribeiro Cedro Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • Eduardo Hajdu Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Invertebrados
  • Monica Dorigo Correia Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Laboratórios Integrados de Ciências do Mar e Naturais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas

Keywords:

faunistics, Lissodendoryx, coral reef, sandstone reef, taxonomy

Abstract

The Porifera occurring at Alagoas State reefs (north-eastern Brazil) are still little-known, with few species listed and even fewer formally described. From a total of 48 species recorded from the state, only eight belong to the Poecilosclerida, including those (re)described in this study. Here we describe a new species, Mycale (Mycale) alagoana sp.nov., and redescribe two species: Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) isodictyalis (Carter, 1882) and Mycale (Naviculina) diversisigmata Van Soest, 1984, both first formal redescriptions from the Southwestern Atlantic. Additionally, Mycale (Aegogropila) escarlatei Hajdu et al., 1995 is here reported from Alagoas for the first time, in discussing the difficulties inherent to recognition in the field of small crustose Mycalids with neatly reticulated surfaces.
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Published

2011-03-01

How to Cite

Cedro, V. R., Hajdu, E., & Correia, M. D. (2011). Mycale alagoana sp.nov. and two new formal records of Porifera (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the shallow-water reefs of Alagoas (Brazil). Biota Neotropica, 11(1). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/809

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2011): v11n1

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