New species of Aulospongus from Brazil
Added on 2014-07-03 03:44:11 by Hooper, John
Cavalcanti, T.; Garcia Santos, G.; Pinheiro, U. 2014. Two new species of Aulospongus Norman, 1878 with a key to the Atlantic species (Poecilosclerida; Demospongiae; Porifera). Zootaxa 3827 (2): 282–292
We describe two new species: Aulospongus trirhabdostylus sp. nov. and Aulospongus mandela sp. nov. from Potiguar Basin (Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeastern Brazil). Both species were compared with their congeners and an identification key for the Atlantic species of Aulospongus is provided. The genus Aulospongus now contains 16 species.
Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3827.2.9