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A new species of Ophiomisidium (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the continental shelf and slope off southern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2006

Michela Borges ,
Ana Maria G. Monteiro  and
A. Cecília Z. Amaral
Michela Borges
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, CP 6109, 13083-970, Campinas—SP, Brazil
Ana Maria G. Monteiro
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Departamento de Zoologia, CP 136, 15001-970, São José do Rio Preto—SP, Brazil
A. Cecília Z. Amaral
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, CP 6109, 13083-970, Campinas—SP, Brazil
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Abstract

A new species of Ophiomisidium is described and regards about reproduction are presented. It is the first species in the genus to posses, apparently, a brooding development. Very few specimens of species of Ophiomisidium have previously been collected, but over 3000 specimens of the new species were collected on the continental shelf and slope (60–810 m depth) off southern Brazil. They were obtained during the REVIZEE Programme, the first extensive surveys to examine Brazilian ophiuroids from depths greater than 200 m.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 86 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 1449 - 1454
Copyright
2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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