Hyattella cavernosa ( Pallas, 1766 )

Ugalde, Diana, Fernandez, Julio C. C., Gómez, Patricia, Lôbo-Hajdu, Gisele & Simões, Nuno, 2021, An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern Gulf of Mexico coral reefs, Zootaxa 5031 (1), pp. 1-112 : 84-85

Hyattella cavernosa ( Pallas, 1766)

Tables 6, 7; Figs. 77A–B , 79H

Synonymy and references: Spongia cavernosa Pallas (1766: 394) , and Muricy et al. (2011: 60); Aulena columbia: de Laubenfels (1953: 513) ; Hyrtios cavernosus: Wiedenmayer (1977: 59) , Spongia cavernosa: Pallas (1766: 394) ; Hippospongia anomala , Hippospongia dura , Hyattella intestinalis ,? Spongelia velata , Spongia bresiliana , Spongia virgultosa and Trypespongia columbia : see references compiled in Muricy et al. (2011: 60); Hyattella cavernosa: Muricy et al. (2011: 60) , Rützler et al. (2009: 305), and Ugalde et al. (2015: 176).

Type locality. American Seas (“ Mare Americanum ”).

Material examined. CNPGG-2175, Cayo Arcas reef (20.19908°N, 91.96380°W), 10 m depth, coll. Diana Ugalde, 25 April 2018 ; CNPGG-2197, Cayo Arcas reef (20.19566°N, 91.95997°W), 7.1 m depth, coll. Diana Ugal- de, 20 August 2018 ; CNPGG-2260, Triangulo Oeste reef (20.96396°N, 92.30061°W), 12 m depth, coll. Oscar Bocardo, 10 September 2017 .

Distribution. Mexico ( Ugalde et al. 2015; current records), Bahamas, US (Florida), other countries in the Caribbean Sea ( Ugalde et al. 2015), Brazil ( Sandes et al. 2014).

Remarks. H. cavernosa has been reported in the Campeche Bank, in the SGoM by Ugalde et al. (2015). Furthermore, this species has been reported in the northern Gulf (Florida and Cuba) as H. intestinalis ( Rützler et al. 2009) . The accuracy of these records is unlikely given the known Indo-west Pacific distribution of the species (van Soest et al. 2020).

Genus Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Figures

FIGURE 77. Hyatella cavernosa Hyatt, 1877 (CNPGG-2260), skeleton and fibers: A. transversal section of the skeleton; B. detail of the fibers. Scale bars: A = 500 µm; B = 100 µm.

FIGURE 79. In situ photographs of species analyzed in the present study: A. Erylus formosus Sollas, 1886 (CNPGG-2202); B. Cinanchyrella apion (Uliczka, 1929) (CNPGG-2189); C. Cinanchyrella kuekenthali (Uliczka, 1929) (CNPGG-2190); D. Igernella notabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2234); E. Dysidea etheria de Laubenfels, 1936 (CNPGG-2199); F. Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816) (not collected) G. Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816) (CNPGG-2263); H. Hyattella cavernosa (Pallas, 1766) (CNPGG-2260); I. Spongia (S.) obscura Hyatt, 1877 (CNPGG-2177). Scale bars, A–H = 1 cm.