Two new species of the family Niphatidae van Soest, 1980 from Northeastern Brazil (Haplosclerida: Demospongiae: Porifera)

Santos, George Garcia; Docio, Loyana; Pinheiro, Ulisses

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3774.3.3

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“…There are 22 valid species in the genus Niphates. Eight species are known from the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean (reviewed in Van Soest, 1980 andSantos et al, 2014). These can all be distinguished from Niphates verityae sp.…”

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Demosponges from Ascension Island with a description of nine new species

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We surveyed the shallow-water sponges of Ascension Island using scuba diving. In total, we collected 58 sponge specimens from 17 locations at depths of 0.5–30 m. In addition, we compiled historical records of sponges. We describe nine species new to science: Niphates verityae sp. nov., Petrosia (Petrosia) ernesti sp. nov., Monanchora downesae sp. nov., Svenzea weberorum sp. nov., Erylus williamsae sp. nov., Ircinia nolanae sp. nov., Ircinia richardsoni sp. nov., Ircinia simae sp. nov. and Chondrosia browningorum sp. nov. We provide molecular sequences for three of the new species. We have added 50% to the number of known species and added two new genera and one family to the known Ascension Island sponge fauna. Twenty-six species, from 16 genera, and 13 families, are now reported from Ascension's shallow waters. Many of these may be endemic to the island. We discuss the biogeographic affinities of Ascension Island and emphasize the need for additional survey of the sponge fauna of remote islands such as Ascension.

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Demosponges from Ascension Island with a description of nine new species

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“…Sponges of the genera Amphimedon, Haliclona, and Scopalina were found at the genus level. The genus Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 comprises approximately 56 species worldwide (de Voogd et al, 2022), of which six occur in Brazil (Santos et al, 2014). The genus Haliclona Grant, 1835 has more than 450 species worldwide (de Voogd et al, 2022), of which 15 occur in Brazil (Muricy et al, 2015).…”

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Marine animal forests in turbid environments are overlooked seascapes in urban areas

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Tropical reefs are of great ecological importance because they are biodiversity hubs (Gatwaza and Wang, 2021) hosting a variety of microorganisms, macroalgae, fauna (e.g., corals, sponges, reef fishes), and their interactions (Hughes et al., 2017). These seascapes act as nursery and feeding habitats for biomass maintenance in fisheries (McClanahan, 2020). In addition, they are also economically important because they contribute to tourism, human recreation, shoreline protection, and dissipating wave energy (Elliff and Kikuchi, 2017;Previero and Gasalla, 2018). However, owing to intense local, regional, and global human

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