Agelas clathrodes ( Schmidt, 1870 )

Ugalde, Diana, Fernandez, Julio C. C., Gómez, Patricia, Lôbo-Hajdu, Gisele & Simões, Nuno, 2021, An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern Gulf of Mexico coral reefs, Zootaxa 5031 (1), pp. 1-112 : 9-10

Agelas clathrodes ( Schmidt, 1870)

Tables 6, 7; Figs. 2A–C , 16A

Synonymy and references: Chalinopsis clathrodes Schmidt (1870: 60) , Muricy et al. (2011: 37), and Parra-Velandia et al. (2014: 327); Agelas clathrodes: Gómez (2002: 74) , Muricy et al. (2011: 37), Parra-Velandia et al. (2014: 327), and Pérez et al. (2017: 11); Agelas clathrodis (misspelling): see references compiled in Muricy et al. (2011: 37); Ectyon flabeliformis , Ectyon sparsus and? Agelas rudis , see references compiled in Parra-Velandia et al. (2014: 327).

Type locality. Caracas ( Venezuela) .

Material examined. CNPGG-1927, Alacranes reef (22.58563°N, 89.74283°W), 23 m depth, coll. Nuno Simões, 23 August 2016 ; CNPGG-1972, Alacranes reef (22.57985°N, 89.76388°W), 11 m depth, coll. Nuno Simões, 24 August 2016 ; CNPGG-1573, Alacranes reef (22.4039°N, 89.7033°W), 12 m depth, coll. Nuno Simões, 24 August 2009 ; CNPGG-1573, Cayo Arenas reef (22.100°N, 91.4200°W), 42 m depth, coll. B/ O Pelican, 06 June 2005 ; CNPGG-2296, CNPGG-2297, Banco Obispo Sur reef (20.49856°N, 92.2048°W), 17 m depth, coll. Oscar Bocardo, 13 September 2017 .

Distribution. Mexico ( Green 1977: as A. sparsus ; Gómez 2002, 2007, 2011; current records), the Bahamas, other Caribbean Sea countries to Brazil ( Parra-Velandia et al. 2014).

Remarks. The identification of the examined material is carried out with confidence, following Parra-Velandia et al. (2014), in which all morphological characters match. Apart from being a common species in the southern GoM region ( Gómez 2002) and the Caribbean Sea ( Zea 1987; Parra-Velandia et al. 2014). You may refer to these references for the description of the species.

For Mexico, Agelas clathrodes was first recorded in 1977 at La Blanquilla reef in Veracruz as A. sparsus by Green (1977), whose material was at the CNPGG, and it has been examined in the present study. We confirmed that Green´s specimens belong to A. clathrodes . This species has been described in different reefs of Veracruz in the SGoM ( Gómez 2007) and in the northern sector of the GoM ( Storr 1976).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870) (CNPGG-2297), skeleton and spicules:A. transversal section of the skeleton; B. detail of the ectosomal region, upper side; C. verticillated acanthostyles. Scale bars: A = 500 µm; B = 100 µm; C = 50 µm.

FIGURE 16. In situ photographs of species analyzed in the present study: A. Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870) (CNPGG- 2297); B. Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870) (CNPGG-2373); C. Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (CNPGG-2007); D. Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 (CNPGG-2285);E. Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 (CNPGG-2285); F. Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 (CNPGG-2476); G. Prosuberites carriebowensis Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014 (CNPGG-2211); H. Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2407); I. Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2240); J. Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (CNPGG-2283); K. Ptilocaulis walpersii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2171); L. Myrmekioderma rea (de Laubenfels, 1934) (CNPGG-2261); M. Neofibularia nolitangere (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2206); N. Desmanthus meandroides van Soest & Hajdu, 2000 (CNPGG-2389); O. Cliona aprica Pang, 1973 (CNPGG-2298). Scale bars, A–O = 1 cm.