Filho Ronaldo Ruy De Oliveira, Lotufo Tito Monteiro Da Cruz
Graduate Program in Tropical Marine Sciences, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Ceará, Brazil. Av. Abolição 3207, CEP 60165-082 Fortaleza-CE, Brasil; Email: unknown.
Graduate Program in Tropical Marine Sciences, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Ceará, Brazil. Av. Abolição 3207, CEP 60165-082 Fortaleza-CE, Brasil Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Jul 3;3981(2):284-90. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.2.9.
The species Styela cearense n. sp. is described from material collected in shallow waters at the Ceará State, Northeastern Brazil. Discussion includes several other species with one gonad on each side of the body, and a tabular key is provided. A set of important anatomical features and their intraspecific variability within the genus is considered, including the number of branchial and stomach folds, the presence of endocarps, and anal border shape.