Neopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850)

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Neopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850)
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Neopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850) View in CoL

Tables 6, 7; Figs. 34A–C View FIGURE 34 , 45C View FIGURE 45

Synonymy and references: Spongia subtriangularis Duchassaing (1850: 26) , and de Laubenfels (1936: 43); Thalysias subtriangularis Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864: 85) , and van Soest et al. (1983: 199); Thalysias subtriangularis var. cylindrica Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864: 85) , and van Soest et al (1983: 199); Schmidtia aulopora Schmidt (1870: 44) ; Pachychalina rugosa Arndt (1927: 154) ; Pachychalina rugosa var. rubens Arndt (1927: 54) , and van Soest (1980: 72); Neopetrosia longleyi de Laubenfels (1953: 519) ; de Laubenfels (1954: 83), Green (1977: 88); Haliclona doria de Laubenfels (1936: 458) , Green (1977: 86), Díaz et al. (1985: 53), and Hechtel (1965: 18); Haliclona longleyi de Laubenfels (1932: 37) , de Laubenfels (1936: 44), and de Laubenfels (1949: 10); Haliclona subtriangularis de Laubenfels (1936: 43) ; Xestospongia subtriangularis: Green et al. (1986: 137) , Gómez (2002: 89), see references compiled in Muricy et al. (2011: 107); Neopetrosia subtriangularis, Muricy et al. (2011: 107) , and van Soest (2017: 36) ―other references therein.

Type locality. St. Thomas .

Material examined. CNPGG-2413, Isla Verde reef (19.19844°N, - 96.06863°W), 8 m depth, coll. Diana Ugal- de, 28 August 2018 GoogleMaps ; CNPGG-2435, Cabezo reef (19.05086°N, - 95.82388°W), 9 m depth, coll. Diana Ugalde, 30 August 2018 GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Mexico ( Green 1977 as Haliclona doria ; Gómez 2002, 2007 as Xestospongia subtriangularis ; Maas-Vargas 2004; González-Gándara et al. 2009; current records), the Bahamas, US (Florida), other countries in the Caribbean Sea, Brazil ( van Soest 2017).

Remarks. Neopetrosia subtriangularis , is a common and widespread sponge at Veracruz Reefs Systems ( Green 1977; Gómez 2007; González-Gándara et al. 2009). It is also reported in the northern GoM ( Rützler et al. 2009).

Genus Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885

Subgenus Petrosia (Petrosia) Vosmaer, 1885

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Diaz, H., Bevilacqua, M. & Bone, D. (1985) Esponjas en manglares del Parque Nacional Morrocoy. Fondo Editorial Acta Cientifica Venezolanos, Caracas, 62 pp.

Duchassaing, F. P. & Michelotti, G. (1864) Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem, 21, 1 - 124.

Gomez, P. (2002) Esponjas marinas del Golfo de Mexico y el Caribe. AGT Editors S. A, Mexico, D. F., 134 pp.

Gomez, P. (2007) Inventario de las esponjas del Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, con nuevos Registros de Especies (Porifera: Demospongiae). In: Jimenez-Hernandez, M. J.; Granados-Barba, A. & Ortiz-Lozano, L. (Eds.), Investigaciones Cientificas en el Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano. Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, Campeche, pp. 51 - 72.

Gonzalez-Gandara, C., Patino-Garcia, A., Asis-Anastasio, U., Serrano, A. & Gomez, P. (2009) Lista de esponjas marinas asociadas al arrecife Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico. Revista Mexicana De Biodiversidad, 1 - 5. https: // doi. org / 10.22201 / ib. 20078706 e. 2009.001.576

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Laubenfels, M. W. de (1936) A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1936, 1 - 225.

Laubenfels, M. W. de (1953) Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. Bullentin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean, 2, 511 - 557.

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Muricy, G., Lopes, D. A., Hajdu, E., Carvalho, M. D. S., Moraes, F. C., Klautau, M., Menegola, C. & Pinheiro, U. (2011) Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. Serie livros 46. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 300 pp.

Rutzler, K., Soest, R. W. M. Van & Piantoni, C. (2009) Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. & Camp, D. K. (Eds.), Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas, pp. 285 - 313.

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van Soest, R. W. M. (1980) Marine sponges from Curacao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P. W. & Van der Steen, L. J. (Eds.), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen: No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands, 62 (191), pp. 1 - 173.

van Soest, R. W. M., Stone, S. M., Boury-Esnault, N. & Rutzler, K. (1983) Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 9, 189 - 205.

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FIGURE 34. Neopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850) (CNPGG-2435), skeleton and spicules: A. transversal section of the skeleton; B. oxeas, C. strongyle. Scale bars: A = 500 µm; B = 50 µm.

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FIGURE 45. In situ photographs of species analyzed in the present study: A. Neopetrosia proxima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (CNPGG-2264); B. Neopetrosia proxima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (CNPGG-2376); C. Neopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850) (CNPGG-2435); D. Petrosia (Petrosia) weinbergi van Soest, 1980 (CNPGG-2434). E. Xestospongia muta (Schmidt, 1870) (CNPGG-2230); F. Siphonodictyon xamaycaense Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (CNPGG-2441), arrows pointing to fistules; G. Siphonodictyon xamaycaense Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (CNPGG-2432); H. Clathria (Clathria) foliacea Topsent, 1889 (CNPGG-2172), its stem is covered by algae; I. Clathria (Clathria) gomezae van Soest, 2017 (CNPGG-2231); J. Clathria (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984) (CNPGG-2410); K. Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Esper, 1806) (CNPGG-2357). Scale bars, A–K = 1 cm.