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

  • 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
Keywords: biodiversity, faunal survey, taxonomy, Tunicata, West Atlantic

Abstract

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.

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Published
2019-10-29
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Oliveira, L. M., Carvalho, J. P., & Rocha, R. M. (2019). Leptoclinides (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae) from Brazil: new records and two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, (572). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.572
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No. 572 (2019): Leptoclinides (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae) from Brazil: new records and two new species
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