New Dercitus (Stoeba) from the tropical western Atlantic
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Santos, G. G. & Pinheiro, U. 2015. A new species of Dercitus (Stoeba) from the Atlantic Ocean (Porifera: Demospongiae: Astrophorida). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, FirstView, 1-6.
Dercitus (Stoeba) pseudodiscorhabda sp. nov. is described from the tropical western Atlantic. It is the only Dercitus (Stoeba) with four-rayed calthrops and discorhabds-like sanidasters. This is the 16th species of the genus to be recognized worldwide, the sixth from the Atlantic. The new species is compared with all its congeners worldwide.
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