Five new species of Jaspis (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida:<br />Astrophorina) from Brazil with redescription of the type species Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862).
The genus Jaspis comprises 32 valid species, six of which were previously recorded from the Atlantic Ocean. Two species have already been recorded from the Brazilian coast: J. johnstonii and J. salvadori (Rio Grande do Sul and Espírito Santo States respectively). Their respective type specimens, deposited at Muséum National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris (Jaspis salvadori, holotype) and at Universalmuseum Joanneum, Zoology Center of Natural History, Austria (Jaspis johnstonii, syntype) were reexamined, but due to differences in spicule composition these records are considered to be invalid. The present paper describes five new species of Jaspis collected on the Brazilian coast (Jaspis atolensis sp. nov., J. iacuitaster sp. nov., J. corticomicroxeaIn November, MarketWatch and Dow Jones Media Group hosted an exclusive advance screening of Guillermo del Toro’s new Fox Searchlight film, “The Shape of Water,” and afterward held a Q&A with producer J. Miles Dale. Dale, who previously partnered with del Toro on “Mama” and the FX/Fox television series “The Strain,” spoke about the film’s financing, an unexpected accident on set and how he hopes to build momentum for the film’s platform release during award season.

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