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Issue: Vol. 5004 No. 2: 20 Jul. 2021
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Published: 2021-07-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.2.2
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Taxonomy of Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980 (Haplosclerida, Porifera) from Brazil

Museu Nacional, Departamento de Invertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, CEP 2090-040, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil.
Museu Nacional, Departamento de Invertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, CEP 2090-040, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Diretoria de Pesquisas. Rua Pacheco Leão, 915/ 123, CEP 22460-030, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil.
Laboratório de Bentos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília. Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Bloco E, s/n, Asa Norte, CEP 70910-900, Brasília/DF, Brazil.
Museu Nacional, Departamento de Invertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, CEP 2090-040, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil.
sponges rodolith beds Tropical Atlantic new species endemism biodiversity morphology

Abstract

Petrosiidae (Haplosclerida, Demospongiae) is characterized by the hard and friable consistency, and an isotropic reticulated skeleton of oxeas/ strongyles. The Brazilian coast and oceanic islands harbor three out of four known genera of Petrosiidae: Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949; Petrosia (Petrosia) Vosmaer, 1885 and Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932. A taxonomic survey of samples from several expeditions housed at the Porifera Collection of Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, with additional comparative materials obtained from the Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, and Universidade Federal de Pernambuco enabled the description of two new species: P. (P.) revizee sp. nov. and X. dorigo sp. nov. We also recorded a range extention for Neopetrosia proxima and Xestospongia muta, and Xestospongia grayi was synonymized with X. muta. Other species reported from the country are diagnosed, and an identification key for Petrosiidae from Brazil is provided.

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