Callyspongia sp. indet.

Fassbender, Nico, Stefanoudis, Paris V, Filander, Zoleka Nontlantla, Gendron, Gilberte, Mah, Christopher L, Mattio, Lydiane, Mortimer, Jeanne A, Moura, Carlos J, Samaai, Toufiek, Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, Wagner, Daniel, Walton, Rowana & Woodall, Lucy C, 2021, Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 65970-65970 : 65970

Callyspongia sp. indet.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Callyspongia sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Demospongiae; order: Haplosclerida; family: Callyspongiidae; genus: Callyspongia; scientificNameAuthorship: Duchassing & Michelotti, 1864; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra W 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 20 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 64.5 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Toufiek Samaai , Paris Stefanoudis ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

This sponge forms groups or chains of tubes with conspicuous terminal oscules. Tubes can become very elongated, almost fan-like in some cases. Branching originates at the base. Maximum recorded size: 40 cm across. The surface is covered with small spiny projections, giving the sponge a rough appearance. Colour ash-grey (Fig. 157).