A new species of Tubella (Porifera: Spongillidae) for the Brazilian Amazon: how misidentification can mask a potential species complex

ABSTRACT Sponges may be among the worst dispersers in the animal kingdom, however, some freshwater sponges produce resting bodies called gemmules, which have been used as the main explanation for the widespread distribution of some of those organisms. This is the case of Tubella pennsylvanica Potts...

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Published in:	Acta Amazonica
Main Authors:	Gabriel NUNES, Márcio Reis CUSTÓDIO, Ulisses PINHEIRO
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2024-11-01
Subjects:	Tubella pennsylvanica Tubella manauara n. sp. gemmules freshwater sponges
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672024000401102&lng=en&tlng=en