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Issue: Vol. 3051 No. 1: 7 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3051.1.4
Page range: 57–61
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Loxosomatidae (Entoprocta) from the Atlantic Ocean: Loxosomella cubana n. sp.

Departamento de Acuariologia, Acuario Nacional de Cuba, Calle 1ra y 60 # 6002, Playa, La Habana, Cuba
Departamento de Biología Animal. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Granada. 18071, Granada, Spain
Departamento de Biología Animal. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Granada. 18071, Granada, Spain
Entoprocta Solitary entoproct Loxosomella cubana new species sponge Aiolochroia crassa Cuba

Abstract

A new species of Entoprocta belonging to the genus Loxosomella is described: L. cubana n. sp. It has been found on the coast of Cuba living as an epizoite on the sponge Aiolochroia crassa. It is one of the largest Loxosomatidae described up to now and the first record of an entoproct for Cuba.

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