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Issue: Vol. 1744 No. 1: 9 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1744.1.6
Page range: 59–65
Abstract views: 91
PDF downloaded: 1

Latrunculia (Latrunculia) tetraverticillata sp nov (Porifera, Poecilosclerida, Latrunculiidae) from the bathyal region off the coast of Santa Catarina State, Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic

Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Dr. Salvador França, 1427, 90690-000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Dr. Salvador França, 1427, 90690-000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Dr. Salvador França, 1427, 90690-000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Dr. Salvador França, 1427, 90690-000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Porifera Poecilosclerida Latrunculia Taxonomy new species Brazil Southwestern Atlantic

Abstract

Latrunculia (Latrunculia) tetraverticillata sp. nov. is described after two specimens collected off the coast of Santa Catarina State (29 degrees 11'16"S-47 degrees 54'16"W), from a depth of 420 m. The new species differs from the other extant latrunculiid species in having four whorls along the discorhabd axis. A key to the Southwestern Atlantic species of Latrunculia (Latrunculia) is provided.

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