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-

Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889)

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).