Silva, C.M.M. da; Silva, M.V. da ; Cosme, B. (2007). Redescription of the Brazilian endemic sponge Geodia glariosa (Demospongiae, Geodiidae) with new records on its geographic and bathymetric distribution. pp. 593–602 In: Custódio, M.R., Lôbo-Hajdu, G., Hajdu, E. & Muricy, G. (Eds.), Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability. Série Livros 28, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. In: Custódio MR, Lôbo-Hajdu G, Hajdu E, Muricy G (eds) Porifera Research. Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability. Livros de Museu Nacional 28, Rio de Janeiro, pp 593-602.

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Silva, C.M.M. da; Silva, M.V. da ; Cosme, B.

2007

Publication

Proceedings of the 7th International Sponge Conference

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Redescription of Geodia glariosa (Sollas), an endemic species of shallow waters on the Brazilian coast, is another step of a broad ongoing study on the Western Atlantic species of Geodia, which aims to upgrade the level of their descriptions of inner and outer morphology to elucidate intra- and interspecific variations. This article offers a complete redescription of the species via comparison of syntypes with samples collected on the coastal region of north-eastern, south-eastern and southern Brazil. The species is recorded for the first time for the coasts of the States of Pernambuco, Espirito Santo and São Paulo. New occurrences for the State of Bahia are also included. Two additional categories of spicules, rare choanosomal styles and plagiotriaenes, are recorded. A comparison with other Brazilian records is given. This paper expands the species’ bathymetry to the intertidal region (Praia da Pituba and Ilha do Medo, Bahia) and extends its northern limit to Recife, Pernambuco State coast (Praia da Boa Viagem, 08°08’05”S).

Brazil

Systematics, Taxonomy

Porifera

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