Siphonidium ramosum (Schmidt, 1870)

Manconi, Renata & Serusi, Annalisa, 2008, Rare sponges from marine caves: discovery of Neophrissospongia nana nov. sp. (Demospongiae, Corallistidae) from Sardinia with an annotated checklist of Mediterranean lithistids, ZooKeys 4 (4), pp. 71-87 : 85-86

Siphonidium ramosum (Schmidt, 1870)

Lion Gulf, Canyon of Cassidaigne, Marseille, 43°13’N 5°4’E, on fossil oysters, deep water, by dredge, 20.IX.1966, alcohol (Vacelet 1969)

Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, E-Corsica, epibathyal muddy bottoms, 565-610 m of depth trawling (Vacelet 1960, 1969);

Central Tyrrhenian Sea, Bay of Naples, Posillipo, 40°49’N 14°13’E, 20 m of depth, associated with Phakellia robusta (Vosmer 1935; Topsent 1925; Vacelet 1969); Ionian Sea, Apulia, off Cape S. Maria di Leuca, st. 4-6-8-9, 39°31’/ 39°37’N 18°23’/ 18°39’E, 14-16.II.2001, 640- 681 m of depth, by “ingegno”, formalin (Longo et al. 2005)

Strait of Sicily, Cruise CS96, RV Uran, on deep corals, 250-1000 m of depth (Zibrowius and Taviani 2005)

Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Indonesia.