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 21345 10.5852/ejt.2020.698 be802d18-f06f-4e22-9856-8b037f21ca52 2118-9773 3978511 623BBCE3-12A5-45A9-802A-2ED2E15164A3

Table 2. Species of the genus Chondropsis Carter, 1886; characteristics based on the original and later descriptions.

Species	Author	Distribution	Shape	Megascleres	Size (μm)	Microscleres	Size (μm)
C. arenacea	(Dendy, 1917)	Australia	Massive	Strongyles	220 × 2.5	Sigmas	–
C. arenifera	Carter, 1886	Australia	Massive	Strongyles	160–190 × 1–2	–	–
C. australis	(Lendenfeld, 1888)	Australia	Massive	Strongyles	160–193 × 2–3	Isochelae; sigmas	10–17; 20–30
C. ceratosus	Kirkpatrick, 1900	Pacific	Encrusting	Strongyles	120 × 2	Sigmas	30–50
C. chaliniformis	(Lendenfeld, 1889)	Australia	Branching–lobate	Strongyles	180 × 2	Sigmas	50
C. columnifera	Dendy, 1895	Australia	Massive	Strongyles	140 × 2	No	–
C. confoederata	(Lamarck, 1814)	Australia	Massive	Strongyles	140–160 × 1–3	No	–
C. isimangaliso	Samaai et al. 2019	South Africa	Encrusting/massive	Strongyles	129 (119–138) × 2 (2)	C–shaped sigmas	52 (43–59)
C. kirkii	(Bowerbank, 1841)	Australia	Encrusting/massive	Strongyles	170 × 3–4	Sigmas	5
C. lamella	(Lendenfeld, 1888)	Madagascar, Australia	Lamellar	Strongyles	100 × 3	Two sizes of sigmas	10 and 47
C. macropsamma	(Lendenfeld, 1888)	Australia	Flabellate	Strongyles	260 × 3	–	–
C. subtilis	Calcinai et al. 2013	Indonesia	Encrusting/massive	Strongyles	142.5–180 × 2	C– and S–shaped sigmas	13.5–18.5
C. topsenti	Dendy, 1895	Australia	Massive	Strongyles	140 × 2	–	–
C. wilsoni	Dendy, 1895	Australia	Massive	Strongyles/tylotes	180 × 2.5	C–shaped sigmas	16