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Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil)
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- 1. Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia-Laboratório de Porifera-LABPOR, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Prof. Moraes Rêgo, 1235, 50670-901, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil & Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- 2. Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia-Laboratório de Porifera-LABPOR, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Prof. Moraes Rêgo, 1235, 50670-901, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil & Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil & Departamento de Biología, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Martín 247, 8520 San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro, República Argentina
- 3. Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia-Laboratório de Porifera-LABPOR, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Prof. Moraes Rêgo, 1235, 50670-901, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil
- 4. Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia-Laboratório de Porifera-LABPOR, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Prof. Moraes Rêgo, 1235, 50670-901, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil & Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil & Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia-Laboratório de Porifera-LABPOR, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Prof. Moraes Rêgo, 1235, 50670-901, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil & Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia-Laboratório de Porifera-LABPOR, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Prof. Moraes Rêgo, 1235, 50670-901, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Bettcher, Larissa, Fernandez, Julio C.C., Gastaldi, Marianela, Bispo, André, Leal, Camille V., Leite, Dora, Avelino-Alves, Dhara, Clerier, Pedro H.B., Rezende, Dafinny, Gulart, Clara M.R., Pinheiro, Ulisses, Hajdu, Eduardo (2023): Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). Zootaxa 5277 (3): 443-489, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
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