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New records of the genus Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (Porifera, Agelasida) off the Amazon River mouth, Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic

Novos registros do gênero Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (Porifera, Agelasida) ao largo da desembocadura do Rio Amazonas, Brasil, Atlântico Sudoeste

This work provides new information on agelasid sponges found on the continental shelf off northern Brazil. Agelas sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815) and Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 have their first record for the Brazilian coast. Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 and Agelas schmidti Wilson, 1902, previously recorded from Brazil, are cited for the first time off the mouth of the Amazon River.

Porifera; Agelas; off Amazon River mouth; Brazil; taxonomy


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