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Issue: Vol. 710 No. 1: 1 Nov. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-11-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.710.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 192
PDF downloaded: 7

First occurrence of the genus Paraleucilla (Calcarea, Porifera) in the Atlantic Ocean: P. magna sp. nov.

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-970, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Porifera Calcarea Paraleucilla Paraleucilla magna Atlantic

Abstract

We describe the first species of the genus Paraleucilla Dendy 1892 from the Atlantic Ocean. P. magna sp. nov. is characterized by the presence of triactines composing the atrial skeleton and the absence of giant diactines, which are characteristic of P. cucumis (Haeckel 1872), a species from Australia, the only known Paraleucilla that also presents atrial triactines. P. magna sp. nov. is the most abundant calcareous sponge in Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil), and shows a strong seasonality, disappearing in autumn.

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