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Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from São Sebastião, São Paulo: new species and new records in two marine protected areas of Southeastern Brazil Ecoregion
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- 1. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Biology Institute, Zoology Department, TaxoN Laboratory. Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 791, CEP 21941-599, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil saraemillycpereira@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9942-0278
- 2. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Biology Institute, Zoology Department, TaxoN Laboratory. Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 791, CEP 21941-599, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil saraemillycpereira@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9942-0278 & Universidade Estadual Paulista, FC/Bauru, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Evolução e Diversidade Aquática - LEDALab. Av. Eng. Luís Edmundo Carrijo Coube, 14-01, Bauru, SP, Brazil nandaporifera@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2510-305X *Corresponding author: mklautau@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5959-0776
- 3. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, National Museum, Invertebrates Department. Av. Bartolomeu de Gusmão 875, 20941-160, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil eduardo.hajdu@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8760-9403
- 4. Federal University of Bahia, Biology Institute. Barão de Jeremoabo S/N, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia 40170-115, Brazil fernanda.cavalcanti@ufba.br; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1619-0860
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Pereira, Sara Emilly, Azevedo, Fernanda, Hajdu, Eduardo, Cavalcanti, Fernanda F., Klautau, Michelle (2025): Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from São Sebastião, São Paulo: new species and new records in two marine protected areas of Southeastern Brazil Ecoregion. Zootaxa 5688 (1): 1-107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5688.1.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5688.1.1
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