Tethya brasiliana

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Tethyida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Tethyida

Tethya brasiliana Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004: 4

Holotype: UFRJPOR 4670A, collected by G. Muricy on 30 October 1997.
Type locality: “Redonda Island, Abrolhos Archipelago, Bahia State, Brazil, intertidal zone”.
Paratypes (13): UFRJPOR 4670b and UFRJPOR 4676, collected by G. Muricy on 30 October 1997, “Redonda Is.”; MNRJ 5309, collected by E. Villanova on 3 March 2002, “between Redonda and Siriba Islands, 1.5 m depth”; MNRJ 5310, collected by E. Esteves on 4 March 2002, “Siriba Is.”; MNRJ 5312a–c, collected by S. Ribeiro on 3 March 2002, “Ilha Redonda”; MNRJ 5313, coollected by S. Ribeiro and E. Esteves on 2 March 2002, “Siriba Is.”; MNRJ 5314, collected by E. Esteves and G. Muricy on 3 March 2002, “Siriba Is., 0.5 m depth”; MNRJ 5317a–b, collected by S. Ribeiro on 3 March 2002, “Redonda Is.”; MNRJ 5318 collected by S. Ribeiro and E. Esteves on 2 March 2002, “Siriba Is.”; MNRJ 5319, collecte dby G. Muricy on 2 March 2002, “Redonda Is.”, all from Abrolhos Archipelago, and from intertidal zone when depth is not specified.

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.

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.
Muricy, G., Lopes, D.A., Hajdu, E., Carvalho, M.S., Moraes, F.C., Klautau, M., Menegola, C. & Pinheiro, U. 2011. Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. Museu Nacional, Série Livros. 300 pp. Reference page.