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Cavalcanti, T.; Santos Neto, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2018). New records of Biemna Gray, 1867 (Biemnidae: Biemnida: Demospongiae) and a replacement name for the species Biemna microstyla Thomas, 1984. Zootaxa. 4433 (2): 393-396.
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Cavalcanti, T.; Santos Neto, C.; Pinheiro, U.
2018
New records of <i>Biemna</i> Gray, 1867 (Biemnidae: Biemnida: Demospongiae) and a replacement name for the species <i>Biemna microstyla</i> Thomas, 1984
Zootaxa
4433 (2): 393-396
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Biemna Gray, 1867 is characterized by stylote or exceptionally oxeote megascleres arranged in a plumoreticulate skeleton, ectosomal skeleton consists of the brushed endings of choanosomal tracts, microscleres are sigmas, microxeas, commata and raphides (Hajdu & Van Soest 2002). Currently, Biemna has 55 valid species (Van Soest et al. 2018). In Brazil, three species are known from northern region (Muricy 2018): Biemna microacanthosigma Mothes, Hajdu, Lerner & Van Soest, 2004, Biemna spinomicroxea Mothes, Campos, Lerner, Carraro & Van Soest, 2005, Biemna trisigmata Mothes & Campos, 2004. In this present study, a new name is proposed for a preoccupied combination, Biemna thomasi nom. nov. The species Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 is recorded and described for the first time in Brazilian waters. Six specimens of Biemna were studied in Pernambuco and Bahia States. All specimens were preserved in 80% ethanol and deposited on the Porifera Collections at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPEPOR).
South West Atlantic ( =only warm temperate; cold temperate see *SUB)
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Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (additional source)
Biemna thomasi Cavalcanti, Santos Neto & Pinheiro, 2018 (original description)
Biemna thomasi Cavalcanti, Santos Neto & Pinheiro, 2018 (original description)
Eastern Brazil for Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Northeastern Brazil for Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Northeastern Brazil for Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Northeastern Brazil for Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Northeastern Brazil for Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986