Carvalho, M. de S.; Carraro, J.L.; Lerner, C.; Hajdu, E. (2003). First record of Ciocalypta (Demospongiae: Halichondrida) from Brazil, southwestern Atlantic, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa. 302: 1-8.

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Carvalho, M. de S.; Carraro, J.L.; Lerner, C.; Hajdu, E.

2003

302: 1-8

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A new species of Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862 is described from the coasts of Santa Catarina and Sao Paulo (Brazil), collected at depths of 12–25 m. The fistules have a glassy, translucent appearance, through which the central spicular axis is clearly visible. The megascleres are only oxeas. Colour of the fistules is white-yelowish alive, and whitish in alcohol. Its nearest relative in the Atlantic is C. penicillus from which it differs by a series of traits: smaller, less cavernous fistules, thinner secondary tracts of megascleres in the fistules, and possession of oxeas exclusively.

South West Atlantic ( =only warm temperate; cold temperate see *SUB)

Systematics, Taxonomy

Porifera

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