Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

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Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Tables 6, 7; Figs. 32A–D , 36O

Synonymy and references: Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864: 93) ; Niphates erecta: Green et al. (1986: 136) , Gómez (2007: 64), Hajdu et al. (2011: 193), Muricy et al. (2011: 105), Rützler et al. (2014: 86), and van Soest (2017: 33); Niphates thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864: 94) ; Fibularia ramosa Carter (1882: 283) ; Pachychalina areolate Wilson (1902: 392) ; Haliclona variabilis de Laubenfels (1950: 42) , Wiedenmayer (1977: 96), and Díaz et al. (1985: 49); Haliclona areolate Laubenfels de (1936: 39), Wells et al. (1960: 207); Gelliodes areolata Hechtel (1965: 25) , Green (1977: 89); Niphates sp. , see references compiled in Muricy et al. (2011: 105).

Type locality. St. Thomas .

Material examined. CNPGG-2374, Banco Pera reef (20.72669°N, - 91.93481°W), 20 m depth, coll. Oscar Bocardo, 15 September 2017.

Distribution. Mexico ( Green 1977 as Gelliodes areolata ; Gómez 2002, 2007; Maas-Vargas 2004; De la Cruz- Francisco & Bandala-Pérez 2016; current records), Bermuda, Bahamas, US (Florida), Cuba, other countries in the Caribbean Sea ( Rützler et al. 2014); Guyana, Brazil ( van Soest 2017).

Remarks. Niphates erecta has been reported in the SGoM at Blanquilla reef, Veracruz ( Green 1977 as Gelliodes areolata ). Besides, Gómez (2007) cited it from several reefs on the same coast of Veracruz. In the northern Gulf, several authors have also reported in Rüetzler et al. (2009).

Figures

FIGURE 32. Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (CNPGG-2374), skeleton and spicules: A. tangential section of the skeleton of the ectosomal region; B. detail of the ectosomal region; D. transversal section of the skeleton; E. oxeas, the arrow pointing to a stylote form. Scale bars: A = 1000 µm; B–C = 500 µm; D = 100 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.