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| Menezes,Natalia; Neves,Elizabeth; Kikuchi,Ruy K.P.; Johnsson,Rodrigo. |
| Siderastrea is a small genus of scleractinian corals, composed by zooxanthellate massive colonial forms. Besides contributing to the consolidation of the reef structure, represent a group with significant resistance to environmental stress. Until the 70's, its taxonomy was a complicated task, limited by the difficulty in identifying morphotypes. More recently, interspecific boundaries were redefined for 'Atlantic Siderastrea Complex'. However, despite new perspectives, including the occurrence of S. radians and S. siderea for Brazil, morphological patterns are still poorly studied and inconspicuous for several coastal areas. In order to characterize levels of intraspecific and interspecific morphological variation in S. stellata and S. radians,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Systematics; Modular organism; Morphotypes; Zooxanthellate coral; South Atlantic. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492014001600001 |
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| Andrade,Luiz F.; Johnsson,Rodrigo; Senna,André R.. |
| A new amphipod species of Metharpinia Schellenberg, 1931 is described from Campos Basin, southeastern Brazilian coast. The material was collected with van Veen grab from unconsolidated substratum, off the mouth of the Paraíba do Sul River. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by presenting a strongly constricted rostrum and a slender palp of maxilla 1. There are four species in Metharpinia from the South Atlantic: M. dentiurosoma Alonso de Pina, 2003, M. grandirama Alonso de Pina, 2003 and M. iado Alonso de Pina, 2003, and Metharpinia taylorae sp. nov. This is the first record of a species of the genus from Brazilian waters. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Amphipod; Campos Basin; Habitats Project; Metharpinia taylorae sp. nov.; Taxonomy. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702015000100033 |
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| Menezes,Natália Matos de; Neves,Elizabeth Gerardo; Barros,Francisco; Kikuchi,Ruy Kenji Papa de; Johnsson,Rodrigo. |
| The morphology of sessile invertebrates, such as scleractinian corals, can be controlled by environmental and genetic mechanisms and, consequently, it is highly variable. Morphological variation has puzzled taxonomists by posing challenges to species classification within cryptic species complexes. The 'Atlantic Siderastrea Complex' is a suitable example. Because of overlapping diagnostic traits, the morphological interspecific limits of this group remain controversial and often resulted in doubtful synonyms. In addition, the recent identification of the Caribbean S. radians in the Southwestern Atlantic has revealed that intraspecific variation has been equivocally assessed. Traditionally, hierarchical categories of variation have been the criteria used to... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Systematics; Siderastrea radians; Morphological variation; Biogeographic expansion; South Atlantic. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032013000100012 |
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