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First record of native species of sponge overgrowing invasive corals Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2010

Bruno C. Meurer ,
Nicolas S. Lages ,
Oliver A. Pereira ,
Samantha Palhano  and
Gabriela M. Magalhães
Bruno C. Meurer*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Marinha, Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rua Fernando Ferrari, 75 -CEP 22231-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Nicolas S. Lages
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Marinha, Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rua Fernando Ferrari, 75 -CEP 22231-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Oliver A. Pereira
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Marinha, Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rua Fernando Ferrari, 75 -CEP 22231-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Samantha Palhano
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Marinha, Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rua Fernando Ferrari, 75 -CEP 22231-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Gabriela M. Magalhães
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Marinha, Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rua Fernando Ferrari, 75 -CEP 22231-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: B.C. Meurer, Laboratório de Ecologia Marinha, Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rua Fernando Ferrari, 75 -CEP 22231-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil email: bcmeurer@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Desmapsamma anchorata has been recorded overgrowing Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis on two sites at Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The records of D. anchorata overgrowing and killing T. coccinea and T. tagusensis showed that this native sponge could be an important competitor for the invasive corals.

Keywords

spongeinvasive coralsIlha GrandeTubastraeaDesmapsamma
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e62
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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