Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949 from Brazil: description of a new species and a review of records (Haplosclerida: Demospongiae: Porifera) Author Santos, George Garcia Author Sandes, Joana Author Cabral, Abigail Author Pinheiro, Ulisses text Zootaxa 2016 4114 3 331 340 journal article 39009 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.3.8 503e23ae-7eca-484c-a835-07770877d50b 1175-5326 255821 429938CC-5910-4811-9A6C-46A7CF3D3114

TABLE 1. Comparative micrometric data on the oxeas, morphology, depth and location of the living species of Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949 for the Atlantic. Values are in micrometers (µm), expressed as follows: minimum– maximum or minimum– mean –maximum length/width. References are numbered in parentheses and listed below the table.

Species	Location / depth (m)	Morphology	Oxeas
Neopetrosia sulcata	Rio Grande do Norte State	Cylindrical, punctiform or furrowed surface, beige to	119– 157.5 –193 /
sp. nov. 1	(Brazil) / 70–101	light pink color and incompressible consistency	2.8– 4.9 –9.6
N. carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814) 2	Caribbean Sea (e.g. Colombia, Martinique, Panama, United States) / 1– 10	Thickly encrusting to massive, with dispersed volcano-like oscular elevations, oscules up to 1 cm in diameter, even and smooth or microrugose surface, black to very dark green color, internally and externally, and firm consistency	162–299 / 1.4– 2.1 –4
N. cylindrica (Lamarck, 1815) 4	Caribbean Sea	Erect, cylindrical, slightly red and white color and fragile consistency	120–165 / 4–6
N. dominicana (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) 7	Boca Chica (Dominican Republic) / 20	Subcylindrical (2.5–3 cm diameter), oscules are flush, sparse (2 mm wide), brown color, firmly resilient and consistency of cork	140–260 / 5–14 (strongyles)
N. dutchi van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014 5	Southern Caribbean (Bonaire) / 217	Thick clump of large lobes (individual lobes up to 14 cm high and 9 cm in diameter), each with prominent central oscule of 0.8–1.5 cm in diameter, smooth surface and pale beige color	165– 235 –264 / 11– 14 –18
N. eurystomata van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014 5	Southern Caribbean (Bonaire) / 108	Vase shaped (size of largest specimen 30 cm high, 18 cm wide, wall thickness 1.5–2 cm), surface with vague stellar sunken groups of pores, pink and white external color, dark red or brownish internal color and firm and crumbly consistency, but slightly compressible	160– 187 –200 / 5– 9 –10
N. ovata van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014 5	Southern Caribbean (Curaçao) / 149	Ovate sponge (size 10 cm high, 8 cm in diameter, with a central oscule of 1.4 cm in diameter), Smooth surface, punctate in life, covered with tiny zoanthids, pinkish beige color and firm to hard consistency	200– 235 –270 / 10.5– 14.5 –15
N. proxima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 1	Sergipe State (Brazil) / 20	Massive lobed, smooth to rough surface, with scattered oscules, purplish-brown or dark brown external color, light brown internal color and hard and brittle consistency	96– 149.1 –177 / 1.6– 5.3 –9.6
N. proxima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 2	Caribbean Sea (e.g. Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Martinique, Panama) / Up to 30	Shape varies from thick encrustations to massive or branched, with scattered oscules up to about 5 mm in diameter, even surface, rugose to the touch, color also varies (dark brown, pink to purple and yellowish to tannish to brownish), internal color always cream and hard consistency, but not very brittle, with a sticky feeling to the touch when cut	87–158 / 2.3– 5 –7
N. rosariensis (Zea & Rützler, 1983) 2, 3	Caribbean Sea (e.g. Bahamas, Colombia, Panama, Saint Eustatius) / shallow to deep reef	Cylindrical tubes emerging from a basal mass, smooth surface with sinuous depressions, dark brown color and very firm consistency	100– 183.6 –212 / 0.8– 9.4 –15.6
N. subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850) 6	Florida (EUA) / 1	Ramose, cylindrical branches, repent or erect, with finger-like flattened round lobes, several oscula scattered on one face of the branches, 3–8 mm in diameter, smooth surface and yellow green to dark olive green color	104– 120 –144 / 2– 3 –4