Guilherme Muricy

Guilherme Muricy, Brazilian marine zoologist.

Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Muricy, G., Boury-Esnault, N., Bézac, C. & Vacelet, J. 1996. Cytological evidence for cryptic speciation in Mediterranean Oscarella species (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(5): 881–896. DOI: 10.1139/z96-102 . Reference page.

Ribeiro, S.M. & Muricy, G. 2004. Four new sympatric species of Tethya (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) from Abrolhos Archipelago (Bahia State, Brazil). Zootaxa 557: 1–16. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.557.1.1 Reference page.

Lanna, E., Cavalcanti, F.F., Cardoso, L., Muricy, G. & Klautau, M. 2009. Taxonomy of calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from Potiguar Basin, NE Brazil. Zootaxa 1973(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1973.1.1 Reference page.

Ribeiro, S.M. & Muricy, G. 2011. Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Tethya (Porifera: Hadromerida) with description of four new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 91(07): 1511–1528. DOI: 10.1017/s0025315411000038 Reference page.

Cordonis, C., Moraes, F. & Muricy, G. A new species of Latrunculia (Biannulata) (Porifera: Demospongiae) from Rio de Janeiro, south-eastern Brazil. Marine Biodiversity 43(2): 105–111. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-012-0132-5 Reference page.

Domingos, C., Moraes, F. & Muricy, G. 2013. Four new species of Plakinidae (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha) from Brazil. Zootaxa 3718(6): 530–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.6.2 Reference page.

Muricy, G., Esteves, E., Monteiro, L., Rodrigues, B.R. & Albano, R.M. 2015. A new species of Haliclona (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida: Chalinidae) from southeastern Brazil and the first record of Haliclona vansoesti from the Brazilian coast. Zootaxa 3925(4): 536–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.3 Reference page.
Pinheiro, U., Nicacio, G. & Muricy, G. 2015: An example of the importance of labels and fieldbooks in scientific collections: A freshwater sponge misunderstood for a marine new genus and species. Zootaxa 3974(3): 447–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.12. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Sandes, J., Muricy, G. & Pinheiro, U. 2016. Thorectinae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida) from Northeastern Brazil: two new species and transfer of Scalarispongia cincta (Boury-Esnault, 1973) to the genus Thorecta Lendenfeld, 1888. Zootaxa 4184(1): 158–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.10. Reference page.

Azevedo, F., Padua, A., Moraes, F., Rossi, A., Muricy, G. & Klautau, M. 2017. Taxonomy and phylogeny of calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea: Calcinea) from Brazilian mid-shelf and oceanic islands. Zootaxa 4311(3): 301–344. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.3.1. Reference page.
Ruiz, C., Muricy, G., Lage, A., Domingos, C., Chenesseau, S. & Pérez, T. 2017. Descriptions of new sponge species and genus, including aspiculate Plakinidae, overturn the Homoscleromorpha classification. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179(4): 707–724. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12480 Reference page.
Samaai, T., Gibbons, M.J. & Muricy, G. 2017. Validation of Tethya samaaii Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011, replacement name for the sponge Tethya rubra Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (Demospongiae, Tethyida, Tethyidae). Zootaxa 4347(3): 592–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.11. Reference page.

Fernandez, J.C.C., Rodriguez, P.R.D., Santos, G.G., Pinheiro, U. & Muricy, G. 2018. Taxonomy of deep-water tetillid sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Spirophorina) from Brazil, with description of three new species and new characters. Zootaxa 4429(1): 53–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.1.2 Reference page.
Lage, A., Muricy, G., Ruiz, C. & Pérez, T. 2018. New sciaphilic plakinids (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha) from the Central-Western Pacific. Pp 8–38 In Klautau, M., Pérez, T., Cárdenas, P. & de Voogd, N.J. (eds.). Deep Sea and Cave Sponges. Zootaxa 4466(1): 1–237. Reference page. . DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.4 Reference page.
Lage, A., Araujo, H.P.M., Gerovasileiou, V. & Muricy, G. 2018. A new cave-dwelling species of Plakina (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha) from Crete, Greece (South Aegean Sea). Pp 39–48 In Klautau, M., Pérez, T., Cárdenas, P. & de Voogd, N.J. (eds.). Deep Sea and Cave Sponges. Zootaxa 4466(1): 1–237. Reference page. Zootaxa 4466(1): 39–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.5 Reference page.

Muricy, G., Domingos, C., Lage, A., Lanna, E., Hardoim, C.C.P., Laport, M.S. & Zilberberg, C. 2019. Integrative taxonomy widens our knowledge of the diversity, distribution and biology of the genus Plakina (Homosclerophorida: Plakinidae). Invertebrate Systematics 33(2): 367–401. DOI: 10.1071/is18027 Reference page.
Sandes, J., Recinos, R., Pinheiro, U. & Muricy, G. 2019. New records of Endectyon (Endectyon) xerampelina (Lamarck, 1814) (Demospongiae: Axinellida: Raspailiidae) from the Tropical Western Atlantic Ocean, with comments on its distribution and type locality. Zootaxa 4608(1): 90–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.4 Reference page.

Almeida, D.S., Sandes, J., Guimarães, C.R.P. & Muricy, G. 2021. Taxonomy of Geodia and Rhabdastrella from the Brazilian coast: a new species, new synonyms and redescription of Geodia tylastra (Demospongiae: Astrophorina: Geodiidae and Ancorinidae). Zootaxa 4995(2): 281–302. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.2.4 Reference page.

Moser, J., Moraes, F.C., Castello-Branco, C., Pequeno, C.B. & Muricy, G. 2022. Manned submersible dives reveal a singular assemblage of Hexactinellida (Porifera) off the Amazon River mouth, Northern Brazil. Zootaxa 5105(1): 105–130. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.1.4 Reference page.