<p><strong>New species of Didemnidae (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from the tropical coast of Brazil</strong></p>

ROSANA MOREIRA DA ROCHA; ISABELA MONTEIRO NEVES; GUSTAVO ANTUNES GAMBA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.4

Issue: Vol. 3905 No. 3: 13 Jan. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-01-13

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.4

Page range: 381–396

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New species of Didemnidae (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from the tropical coast of Brazil

ROSANA MOREIRA DA ROCHA⁺⁻
ISABELA MONTEIRO NEVES⁺⁻
GUSTAVO ANTUNES GAMBA⁺⁻

Zoology Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, Brazil. E-mail: rmrocha@ufpr.br

Graduate program in Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, Brazil.

Brazil South Atlantic taxonomy biodiversity Didemnum Diplosoma

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Abstract

The family Didemnidae includes 20% of all known ascidians with six genera in the Atlantic. Here, we describe five new species in the Didemnidae from central coastal Brazil. Four species are in the genus Didemnum and were found in Bahia (D. aurantium, D. flammacolor, D. lambertae, D. longigaster), while one Diplosoma (D. citrinum) was found both in Bahia and Espírito Santo.