"Stelletta ruetzleri" sp. nov., a new ancorinid from the Southwestern Atlantic (Porifera: Astrophorida)

• Autores: Beatriz Mothes, Carla Maria M. Silva
• Localización: Scientia Marina, ISSN 0214-8358, Vol. 66, Nº. 1, 2002, págs. 69-75
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Stelletta ruetzleri sp. nov., a new ancorinid sponge from the Southwestern Atlantic (Porifera, Astrophorida), collected at 128 and 200 m depth off Rio Grande do Sul State coast, Brazil (31°20'-32°24'S/49°52'-50°15'W), is described and illustrated with SEM images of the spicules. The new species is based on the presence of one category of oxeas, dichotriaenes, oxyasters and spheroxyasters.