Integrative taxonomy of Scopalina Schmidt, 1862 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Scopalinida) from the Western Atlantic reveals the cryptic Scopalina brasiliana sp. nov. from Brazil.
Scopalina ruetzleri is one of the most common marine sponges in the Western Tropical Atlantic, where it has been regarded as widely distributed through distinct biogeographic areas and seemingly unaffected by the Amazon River, the world's largest input of freshwater and continental sediments. Scopalina ruetzleri has a...