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Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. Zootaxa. 5031 (1): 001–112.
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Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N.
2021
An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs.
Zootaxa
5031 (1): 001–112
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Until now, 127 species of marine sponges have been recorded in the southern Gulf of Mexico (SGoM). In this study, we describe the sponge fauna recorded on 16 coral reefs of the SGoM, defined as the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), during a period from 2005 to 2019. We report 80 sponge species, including 34 first geographic records for the southern GoM region. The latter are fully described and illustrated, taking into account 24 that represent new records for the GoM: Agelas conifera, Agelas sventres, Agelas wiedenmayeri, Prosuberites carriebowensis, Desmanthus meandroides, Cliona aprica, Cliona dioryssa, Placospongia ruetzleri, Haliclona (Gellius) megasclera, Haliclona (Reniera) aff. portroyalensis, Neopetrosia proxima, Xestospongia arenosa, Calyx podatypa, Shiphonodictyon xamaycaense, Acarnus innominatus, Iotrochota arenosa, Polymastia tenax, Svenzea cristinae, Svenzea flava, Svenzea tubulosa, Svenzea zeai, Timea stenosclera, Stellettinopsis megastylifera, Suberea flavolivescens. The present work highlights the underestimated and remarkable diversity of reef-associated sponges within the Campeche Bank Coral reef systems. Present work data was compiled with existing published information to produce an updated list of 161 known sponges in the southern GoM.
Gulf of Mexico
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Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867 (additional source)
Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source)
Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source)
Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 (additional source)
Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 (additional source)
Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 (additional source)
Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875) (additional source)
Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882) (additional source)
Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814) (additional source)
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) armigera (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 represented as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Calyx podatypa (de Laubenfels, 1934) (additional source)
Chondrilla caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007 (additional source)
Chondrosia collectrix (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source)
Cinachyrella apion (Uliczka, 1929) (additional source)
Cinachyrella kuekenthali (Uliczka, 1929) (additional source)
Clathria (Clathria) foliacea Topsent, 1889 (additional source)
Clathria (Clathria) gomezae Van Soest, 2017 (additional source)
Clathria (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984) (additional source)
Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Esper, 1806) (additional source)
Cliona aprica Pang, 1973 (additional source)
Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) (additional source)
Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Desmanthus meandroides van Soest & Hajdu, 2000 (additional source)
Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882) (additional source)
Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (additional source)
Dysidea etheria de Laubenfels, 1936 (additional source)
Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Erylus formosus Sollas, 1886 (additional source)
Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815 (additional source)
Geodia neptuni (Sollas, 1886) (additional source)
Haliclona (Gellius) megasclera Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 (basis of record)
Haliclona (Reniera) chlorilla Bispo, Correia & Hajdu, 2016 (additional source)
Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis Jackson, de Weerdt & Webber, 2006 (additional source)
Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea (Hechtel, 1965) (additional source)
Hyattella cavernosa (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Hymeniacidon caerulea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (additional source)
Igernella notabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Iotrochota arenosa Rützler, Maldonado, Piantoni & Riesgo, 2007 (additional source)
Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)
Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Mycale (Mycale) laevis (Carter, 1882) (additional source)
Myrmekioderma rea (de Laubenfels, 1934) (additional source)
Neofibularia nolitangere (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Neopetrosia proxima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Neopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850) (additional source)
Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Petrosia (Petrosia) weinbergi van Soest, 1980 (additional source)
Placospongia ruetzleri Van Soest, 2017 (additional source)
Polymastia tenax Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (additional source)
Prosuberites carriebowensis Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014 (additional source)
Ptilocaulis walpersii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Scopalina ruetzleri (Wiedenmayer, 1977) (additional source)
Siphonodictyon xamaycaense Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (additional source)
Spirastrella coccinea (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Spirastrella mollis Verrill, 1907 (additional source)
Spongia (Spongia) obscura sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (basis of record)
Stellettinopsis megastylifera (Wintermann-Kilian & Kilian, 1984) (additional source)
Strongylacidon bermuda (de Laubenfels, 1950) (additional source)
Suberea flavolivescens (Hofman & Kielman, 1992) (additional source)
Suberites aurantiacus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Svenzea cristinae Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 2002 (basis of record)
Svenzea flava (Lehnert & van Soest, 1999) (additional source)
Svenzea tubulosa (Alcolado & Gotera, 1986) (basis of record)
Svenzea zeai (Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998) (additional source)
Tectitethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949) (additional source)
Tectitethya macrostella Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996 (additional source)
Tethya diploderma Schmidt, 1870 (additional source)
Timea stenosclera Hechtel, 1969 (additional source)
Topsentia ophiraphidites (de Laubenfels, 1934) (additional source)
Xestospongia arenosa van Soest & de Weerdt, 2001 (additional source)
Xestospongia muta (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source)
Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Callyspongia (Cladochalina) armigera (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Callyspongia (Cladochalina) armigera (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Callyspongia (Cladochalina) armigera (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Calyx podatypa (de Laubenfels, 1934) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Chondrilla caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Chondrosia collectrix (Schmidt, 1870) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cinachyrella apion (Uliczka, 1929) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cinachyrella kuekenthali (Uliczka, 1929) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cinachyrella kuekenthali (Uliczka, 1929) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cinachyrella kuekenthali (Uliczka, 1929) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Clathria (Clathria) foliacea Topsent, 1889 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Clathria (Clathria) gomezae Van Soest, 2017 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Clathria (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Esper, 1806) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona aprica Pang, 1973 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Desmanthus meandroides van Soest & Hajdu, 2000 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Dysidea etheria de Laubenfels, 1936 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Dysidea etheria de Laubenfels, 1936 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Erylus formosus Sollas, 1886 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Geodia neptuni (Sollas, 1886) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Haliclona (Gellius) megasclera Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Haliclona (Reniera) chlorilla Bispo, Correia & Hajdu, 2016 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Haliclona (Reniera) chlorilla Bispo, Correia & Hajdu, 2016 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Haliclona (Reniera) chlorilla Bispo, Correia & Hajdu, 2016 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis Jackson, de Weerdt & Webber, 2006 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea (Hechtel, 1965) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea (Hechtel, 1965) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Hyattella cavernosa (Pallas, 1766) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Hyattella cavernosa (Pallas, 1766) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Hymeniacidon caerulea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Hymeniacidon caerulea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Igernella notabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Igernella notabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Igernella notabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Iotrochota arenosa Rützler, Maldonado, Piantoni & Riesgo, 2007 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Southern Gulf of Mexico for Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)