Porifera from Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique) Author Calcinai, Barbara C16E9433-A532-470E-B9A6-7FE9B9F4FEC3 Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. b.calcinai@staff.univpm.it Author Belfiore, Giuseppe D26DFB86-3168-4B13-915A-D19B025143F4 Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. gbelf89@hotmail.it Author Pica, Daniela 67CA8471-D9AE-414B-802E-7858C6B49C62 Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. daniela.pica@gmail.com Author Torsani, Fabrizio 79D7D36F-1A9B-4D43-B2A1-B671719F2D93 Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. f.torsani@univpm.it Author Palma, Marco 96B40C66-6E70-45D6-A065-0BCEF4565A64 Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. 2marco.palma@gmail.com Author Cerrano, Carlo C1E63119-46EC-456A-BB00-824293B00828 Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. c.cerrano@staff.univpm.it text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-08-06 698 1 56 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2020.698 be802d18-f06f-4e22-9856-8b037f21ca52 2118-9773 3978511 623BBCE3-12A5-45A9-802A-2ED2E15164A3

Table 3. Species of the genus Phoriospongia Marshall, 1880; characteristics based on the original descriptions.

Species	Author	Distribution	Shape	Megascleres	Size (μm)	Microscleres	Size (μm)
P. arenifibrosa	(Dendy, 1896)	Australia	–	“Broken”	“Not measured”	Isochelae	16
P. argentea	(Marshall, 1880)	Australia	Massive	Styles	80	–	–
P. caniculata	Lendenfeld, 1889	Australia	–	Oxeas	160 × 4	Sigmas	47
P. carcinophila	(Lendenfeld, 1889)	Australia	–	Two sizes of strongyles	200 × 1 and 200 × 2	–	–
P. flabellopalmata	(Carter, 1885)	Australia	–	Styles	270 × 4	Raphids	–
P. levis	Lendenfeld, 1888	Australia	–	Strongyles	100 × 1	Sigmas	30
P. mammilata	(Lendenfeld, 1888)	Australia	–	Strongyles	250 × 6	–	–
P. papillosa	(Lamarck, 1815)	Australia	–	No macrosleres	–	–	–
P. poni	(de Laubenfels, 1950)	Hawaii	–	Strongyles; oxeas; styles	90 × 5; 120 × 5; 120 × 5	Raphids	90 × 0.5
P. reticulum	Marshall, 1880	Australia	–	Tylostyles	–	Sigmas	50
P. solida	Marshall, 1880	Australia	Massive	Tylostyles	200–300	Sigmas	40
P. squalida	(Lendenfeld, 1888)	Australia	–	–	–	–	–
P. syringiana	(Whitelegge, 1906)	Australia	Branching	Strongyles	130–150 × 5.5	Sigmas, chelae	“Various”