Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870)

Diaz, Maria Cristina, Nuttall, Marissa, Pomponi, Shirley A., Ruetzler, Klaus, Klontz, Sarah, Adams, Christi, Hickerson, Emma L. & Schmahl, G. P., 2023, An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) inhabiting Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and vicinities, ZooKeys 1161, pp. 1-68 : 1

Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870)

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Diagnostic features.

Massive, flabellate, orange reddish in color. The surface is rugose, irregularly riddled by round (1-10 mm wide) and key-holed (1-4 cm long) oscula.

Similar species.

Agelas citrina flabellate specimens are similar but lack key holed oscula and usually have a paler pinkish or yellowish color.

Distribution and abundance.

Common in shallow and mesophotic reefs in North and South Carolina, eastern Florida, throughout the Caribbean, the Guyana shelf, and Brazil.

Ecology.

Coral reefs, coral communities, and coralline algae reefs in FGBNMS region.

Identification.

MCD, MFN.

References.

Díaz et al. 2019; Parra-Velandia et al. 2014

Figures

Figure 4. Agelas clathrodes, 61 m deep. Photo code YG 1901 L 3 _ IMG _ 20190831 T 212309 Z.