OCCURENCE OF THE GENUS MALEA VALENCIENNES, 1832 IN ATLANTIC WATERS, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA)

Authors

  • Marc Kempf Laboratório de Ciências do Mar Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife - Pernambuco - Brasil
  • Henry Ramos Matthews Laboratório de Ciências do Mar Universidade Federal do Ceará Fortaleza - Ceará - Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v9i1.32872

Abstract

A new species of Tonnidae, Malea noronhensis is described, based on material obtained from the Brazilian Islands of Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas and Trindade. It constitutes the first Recent record of the
genus Malea Valenciennes, 1832 for the Atlantic Ocean, where it is referred only from the Tertiary of Jamaica and Florida (Woodring, 1928) .

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2018-06-25

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