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| Author(s): |
Vaga, Claudia F.
[1, 2]
;
Migotto, Alvaro E.
[1]
;
Santos, Maria E. A.
[3]
;
Honji, Renato M.
[1]
;
Reimer, James
[3, 4]
;
Kitahara, Marcelo V.
[1, 5]
Total Authors: 6
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Ctr Marine Biol, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biosci, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Ryukyus, Grad Sch Engn & Sci, Mol Invertebrate Systemat & Ecol Lab, Okinawa - Japan
[4] Univ Ryukyus, Trop Biosphere Res Ctr, Okinawa - Japan
[5] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Marine Sci, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH; v. 17, n. 7-8 NOV 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 1 |
| Abstract | |
The recently erected macrocnemic family Hydrozoanthidae comprises relatively few species recorded from tropical and subtropical regions. In the Atlantic Ocean, this family has been reported only from three locations: the Caribbean Sea, the Argentine continental shelf and the Cape Verde Islands. Based on a study of colonies collected during scuba diving at Alcatrazes Archipelago's main island (Sao Paulo State), south-eastern Brazil, a new species belonging to the genus Terrazoanthus is described as T. silveirai sp. nov. Vaga, Migotto \& Kitahara. Morphological and ecological observations coupled with molecular analyses revealed a unique cnidome, a novel facultative association with sponges, and confirmed the phylogenetic position of this new species within Hydrozoanthidae. Our results represent the second record of Hydrozoanthidae and Terrazoanthus from the South-western Atlantic, expanding the sparse taxonomic knowledge of the order Zoantharia in this area. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/01332-0 - Phylogenomics of the order Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): relationships between evolution and climate change |
| Grantee: | Marcelo Visentini Kitahara |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Program on Global Climate Change - Young Investigators |