Amphimedon viridis 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 : 38-39

Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Tables 6, 7; Figs. 31A–C , 36N

Synonymy and references: Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864: 8) , Green et al. (1986: 134), Hajdu et al. (2011:191), Muricy et al. (2011: 104); Hemihaliclona viridis Burton (1937: 18) ; Haliclona viridis Laubenfels de (1936: 42, 1953: 519), and Haliclona (Amphimedon) viridis : see references compiled in Muricy et al. (2011: 104).

Type locality. St. Thomas .

Material examined. CNPGG-2222, Cayo Arcas reef (20.20512°N, - 91.96305°W), 2 m depth, coll. Diana Ugalde, 21 August 2018 ; CNPGG-2477, Isla de Enmedio Reef (19.09864°N, - 95.93680°W), 3.5 m depth, coll. Diana Ugalde, 11 June 2019 .

Distribution. Mexico ( Green 1977; Maas-Vargas 2004; Gómez 2007; current records), Bermuda, Bahamas, US (Florida), other countries in the Caribbean Sea, Brazil ( Hajdu et al. 2011).

Remarks. Amphimedon viridis has been reported in different works from the GoM. On the Mexican coast, the species was recorded in Blanquilla reef, Veracruz by Green et al. (1986), and later on by Gómez (2007) in different coral reefs around Veracruz Reef System. In the northern GoM, several authors cite A. viridis in this area ( Rützler et al. 2009).

Genus Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Figures

FIGURE 31. Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (CNPGG-2477), skeleton and spicules:A. tangential section of the skeleton of the ectosomal region; B. transversal section of skeleton; C. oxeas. Scale bars: A–B = 500 µm; C = 50 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.