First record of the genus Ruffojassa Vader & Myers, 1996 (Amphipoda, Corophiidea) from Brazilian waters, with description of a new species

AUTOR(ES)

Souza-Filho, Jesser F., Souza, Ana Maria T., Valério-Berardo, Maria Teresa

FONTE

Nauplius

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012-12

RESUMO

A new species, Ruffojassa petronioi sp. nov., is described from southern Brazilian coast. The new species was collected at 56 m depth at the coordinates 21º42'S / 40º15'W with a mini biological trawl aboard of R.V. Prof.W.Besnard. In this paper we recorded the genus for the first time from Brazilian waters.

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