Leptoclinides (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae) from Brazil: new records and two new species

Livia M. Oliveira; João Paulo Carvalho; Rosana M. Rocha

doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.572

European Journal of Taxonomy (Oct 2019)

Leptoclinides (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae) from Brazil: new records and two new species

Livia M. Oliveira,
João Paulo Carvalho,
Rosana M. Rocha

Affiliations

Livia M. Oliveira: Systematics and Ecology of Marine Invertebrates Laboratory, Zoology Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba
João Paulo Carvalho: Systematics and Ecology of Marine Invertebrates Laboratory, Zoology Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba
Rosana M. Rocha: Systematics and Ecology of Marine Invertebrates Laboratory, Zoology Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.572
Journal volume & issue: no. 572

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Twenty-two samples of Leptoclinides Bjerkan, 1905 collected along the Brazilian coast between 1998 and 2017 were examined. Herein we describe two new species (Leptoclinides coronatus sp. nov. and Leptoclinides lotufoi sp. nov.). We also extend the distribution of L. latus F. Monniot, 1983 and report that, for the first time, L. torosus F. Monniot, 1983 was found outside its type locality.

Published in European Journal of Taxonomy

ISSN: 2118-9773 (Online)
Publisher: Consortium of European Natural History Museums
Country of publisher: France
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology; Science: Botany
Website: http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt

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