Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889)

Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 120128-e 120128 : e120128-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/BDJ.12.e120128

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13800925

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889)
status

 

Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889) View in CoL

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Stylissa carteri ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae-Heteroscleromorpha; order: Scopalinida ; family: Scopalinidae ; genus: Stylissa ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Dendy, 1889); Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: North Male’, Vaavu, Laamu, Huvadhu, Addu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 30; maximumDepthInMeters: 62; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis, Toufiek Samaai; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Branching erect or thickly encrusting sponges. Branching sponges with irregular protrusions from the base. Surface conulose. Rugose and uneven surface. Approximately 21 cm in longest dimension. Colourations in tones of orange and brown (Fig. 28).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Demospongiae

Order

Scopalinida

Family

Scopalinidae

Genus

Stylissa