Neopetrosia aff. carbonaria ( Lamarck, 1814 )

Rocha, Lívia, Moraes, Fernando, Salani, Sula & Hajdu, Eduardo, 2021, Taxonomy of Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980 (Haplosclerida, Porifera) from Brazil, Zootaxa 5004 (2), pp. 251-287 : 262

Neopetrosia aff. carbonaria ( Lamarck, 1814)

Neopetrosia carbonaria ( Lamarck, 1814) : Muricy et al. 2011: 106 (in part, only Brazilian records).

Studied material (14 specimens): Brazil, Ceará State , MNRJ 17400 , Acaraizinho de Amontada , intertidal, Col . R. Farias and K. Santiago Santiago, 2013.11; Trairí City: Mundaú beach (3.17418º S, 39.35723º W) : MNRJ 17866 , 1 m depth, Col. M. S. Carvalho, 2014.3.29 ; MNRJ 17741 , 1 m depth, Col. E. Hajdu, 2014.3.29 ; MNRJ 17766 , 1 m depth, Col. E. Hajdu, 2014.3.31 ; MNRJ 17777 , 1 m depth, Col. A. Bispo, 2014.3.29 ; MNRJ 17832 , 1 m depth, Col. S. Salani, 2014.3.29 ; Flecheiras Beach (3.21858º S, 39.26344º W) : MNRJ 17782 , 1 m depth, Col. A. Bispo, 2014.3.30 ; MNRJ 17783 , 1 m depth, Col. A. Bispo, 2014.3.30 ; MNRJ 17840 , 1 m depth, Col. S. Salani, 2014.3.30 ; MNRJ 17887 , 1 m depth, Col. M. S.Carvalho, 2014.3.30 . Rio Grande do Norte State, MNRJ 18033 , Parrachos de Maracajaú, Maxaranguape City (5.40114º S, 35.29677º W), depth not record, Col. S. Salani, 2014.4.6 . Alagoas State, Maceió City: Ponta Verde Beach (9.65000º S, 35.68333º W) : MNRJ 4713 , 0.5–1 m depth, Col. E. Hajdu, 2001.9.3 ; Recife Ponta do Meirim (9.70000º S, 35.76667º W) : MNRJ 17035 , 0.5–1 m depth, Col. A. Bispo, 2012.1.10 . Bahia State: MNRJ 18690 , Abrolhos Bank, Pedra de Leste , 3 m depth, Col. F. Moraes, 2014.6.30 .

Comparative material. Spongia carbonaria Lamarck, 1814 , Holotype MNHN-LBIM-DT 545, Schizotype MNRJ 21834. Adocia carbonaria, Hechtel (1976) , YPM IZ 008960, Pernambuco State (Recife), digitized images of dissociated spicules and thick anatomical sections.

Remarks. We found toxas in many Brazilian specimens studied (MNRJ 4713, 9405, 17034, 17400), hitherto unreported for the species, and seemingly absent from the holotype reexamined here. These toxas can be quite rare, and occur in both black or brown sponges. We consider Brazilian N. carbonaria -like sponges as likely belonging to a new species under description by Santos et al. (in prep., pers, comm.). For this reason, we preferred to withdraw its full description from our study to avoid overlapping their results.