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• Rev. Bras. Zool. 15 (3) • 1998 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81751998000300009   copy

Some Ascidians (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) from Paraná State, Southern Brazil

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Abstract

The records of eleven species from the Paraná State coast are presented. One of them, Ascidia curvata (Traustedt, 1882), is first registered in the Brazilian coast. Six other species had their geographic distribution extended to the south in West Atlantic waters.

Ascidiacea; taxonomy; Paraná; Brazil

Some Ascidians (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) from Paraná State, Southern Brazil1 1 Contribution number 1011 from Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Rosana Moreira da Rocha; Cinthia Margareth Nasser

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. E-mail: rmrocha@bio.ufpr.br

ABSTRACT

The records of eleven species from the Paraná State coast are presented. One of them, Ascidia curvata (Traustedt, 1882), is first registered in the Brazilian coast. Six other species had their geographic distribution extended to the south in West Atlantic waters.

Key words: Ascidiacea, taxonomy, Paraná, Brazil

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We would like to thank Ariel Scheffer da Silva who collected most of the animals here presented and Arno Blankensteyn who invited one of us (RMR) to a collecting journey at Ilha do Mel. We also thank the Centro de Microscopia Eletrônica - UFPR which provided logistic support for the study of spicules. Two anonymous reviewers presented helpful suggestions which improved the manuscript.

Recebido em 27. VI.1997; aceito em 23.VII.1998.

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  • 1
    Contribution number 1011 from Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

    • Publication Dates

    • Publication in this collection
      10 July 2009
    • Date of issue
      1998

    History

    • Accepted
      23 July 1998
    • Received
      27 June 1997
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