Didemnum tetrahedrum sp. nov., a new Didemnum (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) species from south-eastern Brazil
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2004
Abstract
A new species of Didemnum was discovered during a recent biodiversity survey of Praia da Baleia, São Sebastião, São Paulo State, Brazil. This species has a unique and peculiar type of spicule composed by four calcareous spheroids grouped together to form a tetrahedral structure. In other aspects, the new species is similar to certain other whitish tropical Atlantic American didemnids formerly assigned to Didemnum candidum.
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- Research Article
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 84 , Issue 6 , December 2004 , pp. 1227 - 1228
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- © 2004 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
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