Ridley & Dendy, 1886 : 481 Ridley & Dendy, 1887 : 184 Axinella reticulata Axinella polycapella de Laubenfels, 1953 Alvarez et al . 1998 : 15 Alvarez & Hooper 2002 : 734 Verrill, 1907 : 341 Laubenfels, 1950 : 89 Pseudaxinella rosacea Laubenfels 1950 : 89 A. rosacea Verrill 1907 Pseudaxinella rosacea Ptilocaulis walpersi (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864) Wiedenmayer, 1977 : 159 Axinella rosacea Verrill, 1907 Laubenfels 1950 : 89 Pseudaxinella explicata Dragmacidon explicatum Taxonomy of the Caribbean sponge Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (Porifera, Demospongiae, Axinellida), with the description of a new species Zea, Sven Pulido, Alejandra Zootaxa 2016 4114 4 393 408 Ridley & Dendy, 1886 Ridley & Dendy 1886 [151,764,295,322] Demospongiae Axinellidae Dragmacidon Animalia Halichondrida 2 395 Porifera species reticulatum     Axinella reticulata  Ridley & Dendy, 1886: 481( holotypeBMNH. 1887.5.2.11, Brazil);  Ridley & Dendy, 1887: 184, pl. 38, figs. 4, 4A. [Non:  Axinella reticulata; Wells & Wells in Wells et al. 1960(Cape Hatteras, USA) (=  Axinella polycapellade Laubenfels, 1953, fide Alvarez et al.1998).]     Pseudaxinella reticulata;  Alvarez et al. 1998: 15(in part; only specimens USNM 32847 from Bermudasand USNM 42787 from the Gulf of Mexico; the rest are  Dragmacidon alvarezae n. sp.). [Non:  Pseudaxinella reticulata; Castellanos et al.2003: 1166, Table 1(Santa Marta, Colombia; sterol phylogeny) (=  Dragmacidon alvarezae n. sp.).]    Dragmacidon reticulata;  Alvarez & Hooper 2002: 734, fig. 9A (genus transfer). [Non:  Dragmacidon reticulata; Mora-Cristancho et al. 2007: 170, Table 1(Santa Marta, Colombia, antifouling properties); Díaz 2007: 47; Díaz & Zea 2008: 34 (Guajira, Colombia) (=  Dragmacidon alvarezae n. sp.).]   Dragmacidon reticulatum; Zea et al. 2014( Bahamas; Santa Marta, Colombia). [Non:  Dragmacidon reticulatum; Zea et al. 2009( Bahamas); Rützler et al. 2014: 70 (Carrie Bow Cay, Belize) (=  Dragmacidon alvarezae n. sp.).]     Axinella rosacea  Verrill, 1907: 341, pl. 35d fig. 12 ( Bermuda, neotypeexamined, BMNH 1948.8.6.37, designated by de  Laubenfels, 1950: 89).    Pseudaxinella rosacea; de  Laubenfels 1950: 89, fig. 40 ( Bermuda, neotypeof  A. rosacea Verrill 1907and additional material). [Non:  Pseudaxinella rosacea; de Laubenfels 1949: 17 {=  Ptilocaulis walpersi(Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864); fide Alvarez et al. 1998}.]    Ectyoplasia ferox explicata  Wiedenmayer, 1977: 159( Bermuda, junior synonym of  Axinella rosacea Verrill, 1907, as its holotypewas based on the same specimen BMNH 1948.8.6.37, designated as neotypeby de  Laubenfels 1950: 89; synonymy suggested by Alvarez et al. 1998and confirmed herein).   Pseudaxinella explicata; Rützler 1986: 121, fig. 32 (sponges 3), pl. 4 fig. 1 ( Bermuda; also fide Alvarez et al. 1998); Alvarez & Crisp, 1994: 119 (citation only, fide Alvarez et al. 1998); Castellanos et al. 2003: 1166, Table 1(Santa Marta, Colombia; phylogeny based on sterols).   Dragmacidon explicatum; Zea et al. 2009( Bahamas).  [Non:  Pseudaxinella lunaecharta; Wiedenmayer 1977: 155, pl. 31 figs. 7–10; pl. 32 figs. 1–3, fig. 156 (synonymy suggested by Alvarez et al. 1998; most specimens seem to belong  Dragmacidon alvarezae n. sp.).] [Non:  Dragmacidon lunaecharta( Ridley & Dendy, 1886){as  Axinella(?) (a valid species from the eastern Atlantic, fide Alvarez et al. 1998)}.]   Material examined. Brazil,  Holotype: BMNH1887.5.2.11, Off Salvador, Bahia State, 14–40 m, coll. H.M.S. Challenger.  Bermuda: BMNH1948.8.6.37, neotypeof  Axinella rosacea Verrill, 1907and holotypeof  Ectyoplasia ferox explicata Wiedenmayer, 1977, coll. M.W. de Laubenfels, 30 June 1937, Harrington Sound; USNM32847 (fragment INV-POR 1260), Walsingham Pond ( 32°20’47.31” N, 64°42´34.16” W), 0.5–2 m, coll. J.H. Ciardellina, August 1983.  Bahamas(coll. Sven Zea): voucher PBH04, Eluthera, Egg Island( 25°29’45.5” N, 76°543’20.8” W), 24 m, 27 July 2000; voucher 190 (tissue slide, 10 m, 19 June 2004), voucher 285 ( 12 m, 27 June 2007), Stirrup Cays, N Berry Islands ( 25°49’39.2” N, 77°53’497.9” W); voucher 216 (tissue slide); San Salvador( 24°01.139’ N, 74°32.687’ W), 27 m, 22 June 2004. Florida east coast: voucher PFL8, Florida Keys, Long Key, 3 m, coll. Sven Zea, 19 February 1994. Continental coast of Colombia, Santa Marta: INV-POR 526 ( 21 m, coll. Sven Zea, 2 September 1997, voucher for Castellanos et al. 2003, as  Pseudaxinella explicata), INV-POR 880 ( 24 m, coll. Sven Zea & Marisol Santos-Acevedo, 18 November 2003, identified as  Dragmacidon explicata), INV-POR 1257 ( 12–15 m, coll. Sven Zea, 9 July 1993), Bahía de Santa Marta, Morro, SW side ( 11°14’57.77” N, 74°13’48.66” W); INV- POR1258, Bahía de Chengue, NE side ( 11°19’47.10” N, 74°7’43.82” W), 25 m, coll. Sven Zea, 25 November 1998.   Description. Shape, color and consistency.Thickly encrusting to massive, amorphous, 5–10 cmin diameter and up to 5 cmthick, generally with rounded or conical lobes; oscules 2–5 mmin diameter, even or on top of lobes. At Santa Marta, continental coast of Colombia, it is always encrusting, up to 1 cmin thickness. Surface rugose, with microconulose hispid projections, 1–2 mmhigh, separated, or joined by low crests forming a slightly prismatic pattern. Live color intense red to bright orange; interior orange; cream when preserved. Consistency toughly compressible, can be broken with some force. Abundant mucus is exuded upon handling.  Skeleton.Reticulation of ascending and diverging plumose spicule tracts, 225–500 µm thick, 375–1000 µm apart, interconnected every 500–1750 µm by thinner, 75–500 µm tracts, or by sheets of confusedly arranged spicules, up to 1,500 µm wide. Ascending columns project over the surface forming the hispid projections. Spicules ( Table 1): (1) Styles, slightly curved, with smooth heads and pointed ends, 250–540 µm by 7.5–22.5 µm, a few robust. (2) Oxeas, slightly curved, usually slightly asymmetric, with pointed or blunt ends, 219–520 µm by 7,5–20 µm. Specimen measurements are given in Table 1.   Distribution. Bermuda, Bahamas, Florida Gulf coast, Florida Keys, Continental coast of Colombia(Santa Marta), Brazil(Bahia).  Ecology.It inhabits shallow to deep reefs, usually in sites exposed to light, but also in overhanging and cryptic substrata. Depth range 0.5– 40 m.