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AB  - Until now only two species of <i>Cladorhiza</i> have been reported from the SW Atlantic, namely <i>C. diminuta</i> and <i>C. inversa</i>, despite a total of 39 species reported from various parts of the globe. Here we describe a new species, <i>C. nicoleae</i> sp. nov., dredged from 750 m depth on the continental slope off SE Brazil during the French RV ‘Marion Dufresne’ expedition in 1987. It is an erect, pedunculated and club-shaped sponge, 26 mm high and with 12 radially arranged whip-like projections (each up to 3 mm long). The new species differs from its closest relative, <i>C. inversa</i> (redescribed here), by its possession of sigmas and sigmancistras. The holotype of <i>Cladorhiza inversa</i> is also a pedunculated sponge, 1.9 cm tall, with a cup-shaped body with an apical spur-like continuation of the stem and a crown of 16 projections (up to 8 mm long) radiating from the rim of the body.
A1  - Castello-Branco, C.
A1  - Hestetun, J.T.
A1  - Rapp, H.T.
A1  - Hajdu, E.
DO  - 10.1017/s0025315415000211
JO  - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
N1  - Proceedings of the 9th International Sponge Conference
IS  - 2
SP  - 297
EP  - 303
C1  - 96 (2): 297-303
TI  - Taxonomy of <i>Cladorhiza</i> in the deep SW Atlantic: <i>C. nicoleae</i> sp. nov. and redescription of <i>C. inversa</i> (Cladorhizidae, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae). <i>In</i>: Schönberg CHL, Fromont J, Hooper JNA, Sorokin S, Zhang W, de Voogd N (eds) New Frontiers in Sponge Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000211
VL  - 96
PY  - 2016
Y2  - 2026-09-10
ER  -