A new species of Pachycerianthus (cnidaria, Anthozoa, Ceriantharia) from Tropical Southwestern Atlantic

Made available in DSpace on 2015-08-21T17:52:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014 Item merged in doublecheck by Felipe Arakaki (arakaki@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2015-12-11T17:47:44Z Item was identical to item(s): 112443, 125803 at handle(s): http://hdl.handle.net/11449/113343, http://hdl.handle.net/11449/126727 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) A new species of Pachycerianthus (Cnidaria: Ceriantharia) is described from the Brazilian coast of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Pachycerianthus schlenzae sp. nov. is found in fine sand or mud in shallow waters of Abrolhos and Royal Charlotte Bank. The new species is only known from this area and is most notably different from other species of the genus Pachycerianthus in mesentery arrangement and cnidome. In addition to the description, we provide some biological data collected from individuals cultivated under laboratory conditions. Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis, Assis, Avenida Dom Antônio, 2100, Parque Universitário, CEP 19806900, SP, Brasil Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav. 14, 101, São Paulo, 05508-090, Brazil Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis, Assis, Avenida Dom Antônio, 2100, Parque Universitário, CEP 19806900, SP, Brasil FAPESP: 2010/50174-7 FAPESP: 2012/01771-8 CNPq: 481549/2012-9 CNPq: 301039/2013-5