Spheciospongia excentrica (Burton, 1931)

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-

Spheciospongia excentrica (Burton, 1931)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Spheciospongia excentrica ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Clionaida ; family: Clionaidae ; genus: Spheciospongia ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Burton, 1931); Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Addu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 30; maximumDepthInMeters: 30; 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

Large cup- to barrel-shaped sponges. Surface smooth, but undulating and somewhat slippery to the touch. Large sunken indentations visible on the outer surface. Oscules randomly scattered on the inner side of the vase. Approximately 46 cm across. Colour in life brown; in preservative beige (Fig. 12 ).

Figures

Figure 12. Spheciospongia excentrica, Addu, 30 m.