First record of Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862 (Demospongiae, Suberitida, Halichondriidae) in the Eastern Pacific, with description of a new species from Peru

Yessenia Arroyo
,
Eduardo Hajdu
,
Philippe Willenz
,
Báslavi Cóndor-Luján(corresponding author)

*Corresponding author for this work

Universidad Científica del Sur
,
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
,
Taxonomy and Phylogeny
,
Université Libre de Bruxelles
,
Ingeniería acuícola

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English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 429-441 (13 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Zootaxa (Volume 4853, Issue 3)

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Published - 23/09/2020

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Published - 23/09/2020

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1175-5326

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Scopus: 85091903291
PubMed: 33056369

Abstract

Ciocalypta includes species with finger-shaped fistules emerging from a basal mass and skeleton composed by a central axis and secondary tracts supporting the ectosome. Although worldwide distributed, no species of this genus has been reported from the Eastern Pacific. In this study, a new Ciocalypta is described from shallow waters of the southern coast of Peru. Ciocalypta magnastyla sp. nov. is greenish white, possesses the typical fistules with oscula located at their tips, and it is characterized by the presence of large styles (370–1000/5.0–32.5 µm) in combination with oxeas of intermediate size (160–500/5.0–12.5 µm). This new species constitutes the first record of the genus for the Peruvian coast as well as for the entire Eastern Pacific.

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The present work was supported by Fondo Semilla 2019 N° 015-2019-PRO99 granted by Universidad Científica del Sur. Samples were collected within the framework of the Project “Biogeografía Regional de Zona Reservada San Fernando”, executed by The Environment Management S.A.C., in collaboration with SERNANP (National Service of Natural Protected Areas by the State of Peru). The authors would like to thank Luis Aguirre and Remy Canales for collecting and donating the specimens. E.H. is funded by research grants from CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ and FAPESP, all from Brazil. The patient collaboration of Julien Cillis while operating the SEM at RBINS was much appreciated. The present work was supported by Fondo Semilla 2019 N? 015-2019-PRO99 granted by Universidad Cient?fica del Sur. Samples were collected within the framework of the Project ?Biogeograf?a Regional de Zona Reservada San Fernando?, executed by The Environment Management S.A.C., in collaboration with SERNANP (National Service of Natural Protected Areas by the State of Peru). The authors would like to thank Luis Aguirre and Remy Canales for collecting and donating the specimens. E.H. is funded by research grants from CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ and FAPESP, all from Brazil. The patient collaboration of Julien Cillis while operating the SEM at RBINS was much appreciated.

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Biogeograf?a Regional de Zona Reservada San Fernando?

SERNANP

FAPESP

CAPES

CNPq

FAPERJ

UNS

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10.11646/zootaxa.4853.3.6

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