Semperella cucumis Schulze, 1895

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-

Semperella cucumis Schulze, 1895

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Semperella cucumis ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Hexactinellida; order: Amphidiscosida ; family: Pheronematidae ; genus: Semperella ; scientificNameAuthorship: Schulze, 1895; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Huvadhu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 497; maximumDepthInMeters: 500; 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

Elongated and columnar glass sponges with a short stalk and one central oscule at the tip. Approximately 17 cm tall. Collected specimen (Fig. 43).