Maurício Campos

. Esponjas Antárticas (Porifera, Demospongiae) das Ilhas Shetland do Sul e áreas próximas. Parte I. Spirophorida, Astrophorida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida e Haplosclerida

The aim of this work is to redescribe 11 species of sponges collected through the Brazilian Antarctic Program (PROANTAR), at the South Shetland Islands and vicinity. New information is provided on the Antarctic sponge fauna, in regard to species richness and the geographical and bathymetric distributions of identified species. The following species were identified and are here illustrated and fully described: Cinachyra antarctica (Carter, 1872), Cinachyra barbata Sollas, 1886, Craniella leptoderma (Sollas, 1886), Tethyopsis longispinum (Lendenfeld, 1907), Polymastia invaginata Kirkpatrick, 1907, Homaxinella balfourensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886), Suberites montiniger Carter, 1880, Halichondria (Eumastia) attenuata (Topsent, 1915), Haliclona (Soestella) chilensis (Thiele, 1905), Hemigellius bidens (Topsent, 1901) and Calyx arcuarius (Topsent, 1913). Two new records are given for the Antarctic continent: Halichondria (Eumastia) attenuata (Topsent, 1915) and Haliclona (Soestella) chilensis (Thiele, 1905). Tethyopsis longispinum (Lendenfeld, 1907), Suberites montiniger Carter, 1880 and Hemigellius bidens (Topsent, 1901) represent the first records for this sector of the continent. Bathymetric data are extended for T . longispinum and H . attenuata .

Esponjas (Demospongiae, Halichondrida) da costa do Maranhão, Brasil

Three species of Halichondrida, Dragmacidon reticulatus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (Axinellidae), Myrmekioderma rea (Laubenfels, 1934) (Desmoxyidae) and Topsentia ophiraphidites (Laubenfels, 1934) (Halichondriidae), collected from 30 to 184 m depths, were recorded for the first time from State of Maranhao, north-northeast coast of Brazilian shelf.

Antarctic sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) of the South Shetland Islands and vicinity: part II. Poecilosclerida

In the present study 16 species are registered for the South Shetland Islands and vicinity: Acanthorhabdus fragilis Burton, 1929, Iophon unicornis Topsent, 1907, Clathria (Axosuberites) flabellata (Topsent, 1916), Clathria (Axosuberites) nidificata (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Kirkpatrickia variolosa (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Myxodoryx hanitschi (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Iotroata somovi (Koltun, 1964), Tedania (Tedaniopsis) charcoti (Topsent, 1907), Tedania (Tedaniopsis) vanhoffeni (Hentschel, 1914), Tedania (Tedaniopsis) oxeata (Topsent, 1916), Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886), Isodictya lankesteri (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Isodictya toxophila Burton, 1932, Isodictya bentarti Rios, Cristobo & Urgorri, 2004, Latrunculia (Latrunculia) brevis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 and Latrunculia (Latrunculia) biformis (Kirkpatrick, 1908). Amongst the identified species, five are new occurrences for the studied region, three have their bathymetric limit extended and the others are confirmed for the studied area.

New records of the genus Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (Porifera, Agelasida) off the Amazon River mouth, Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic

This work provides new information on agelasid sponges found on the continental shelf off northern Brazil. Agelas sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815) and Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 have their first record for the Brazilian coast. Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 and Agelas schmidti Wilson, 1902, previously recorded from Brazil, are cited for the first time off the mouth of the Amazon River.