Callyspongia (Cladochalina) armigera ( Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 )

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 : 32

Callyspongia (Cladochalina) armigera ( Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

Tables 6, 7; Figs. 24A–D , 36G–I

Synonymy and references: Tuba armigera Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864: 48) and Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine (2002: 841) references therein; Callyspongia armigera: Gómez (2002: 87) , Callyspongia (Cladochalina) armigera , Callyspongia (Spinosella) vaginalis forma armigera: Green et al. (1986: 136) and Spinosella vaginalis forma armigera , see references compiled in Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine (2002: 841); Callyspongia (Cladochalina) armígera: van Soest (2017: 26) .

Type locality. St. Thomas .

Material examined. CNPGG-2179, Cayo Arcas reef (20.20433°N, 91.95999°W), 6 m depth, coll. Diana Ugal- de, 25 April 2018 ; CNPGG-2223, Cayo Arcas reef (20.19963°N, 91.96680°W), 3.7 m depth, coll. Diana Ugalde, 22 August 2018 ; CNPGG-2394, CNPGG-2399, Hornos reef (19.190833°N, 96.11777°W), 2.2–2.4 m depth, coll. Diana Ugalde, 27 August 2018 .

Distribution. Mexico ( Green 1977; Green et al. 1986; Maas-Vargas 2004; Gómez 2011; De la Cruz-Francisco & Bandala-Pérez 2016; current records), Bermuda, Bahamas, US (Florida: Wiedenmayer 1977), Cuba ( Alcolado 1976), other countries in the Caribbean Sea ( Zea 1987).

Remarks. Callyspongia (C.) armigera is one of the most common species in the SGoM. Apart from being at Cayo Arcas, Campeche Bank (current records), it is frequently spotted in the Veracruz Reefs ( Green et al. 1986; Gómez 2007, 2011).

Figures

FIGURE 24. Callyspongia (Cladochalina) armigera (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2223), skeleton and spicules: A. tangential section of the ectosomal skeleton; B. detail of the ectosomal region; C. transversal section of the skeleton; D. oxeas. Scale bars: A = 500 µm; B–C = 100 µm; D = 25 µm.

FIGURE 36. In situ photographs of species analyzed in the present study: A. Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2188); B. Cliona flavifodina Rützler, 1974 (CNPGG-2386); C. Spirastrella coccinea (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2414); D. Spirastrella mollis Verrill, 1907 (CNPGG-2424), oscule detail zoomed in; E. Placospongia ruetzleri van Soest, 2017 (CNPGG-2391); F. Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (CNPGG-2239); G. Callyspongia (Chladochalina) armigera (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2179); H. Callyspongia (Chladochalina) armigera (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2223); I. Callyspongia (Chladochalina) armigera (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (CNPGG-2399); J. Chalinula aff. molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949) (CNPGG-2359), surface detail zoomed in (arrow pointing to a specimen of Timea stenosclera Hechtel, 1969); K. Haliclona (Reniera) chlorilla Bispo, Correia & Hajdu, 2016 (CNPGG-2192); L. Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea (Hechtel, 1965) (CNPGG-2396); M. Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (CNPGG-2403); N. Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (CNPGG-2477); O. Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (CNPGG-2374), surface detail zoomed in; Scale bars, A–O = 1 cm.