Cave-dwelling calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea) from the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Author Lopes, Matheus Vieira Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Biology Institute, Zoology Department, TaxoN Laboratory, Avenue Carlos Chagas Filho 791, CEP 21941 - 599, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Author Pérez, Thierry Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, Université d’Avignon, Station Marine d’Endoume, Chemin de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France Author Klautau, Michelle Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Biology Institute, Zoology Department, TaxoN Laboratory, Avenue Carlos Chagas Filho 791, CEP 21941 - 599, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil mklautau@biologia.ufrj.br text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2024 2024-11-06 202 3 1 29 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae138 journal article 306533 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae138 4a4c3a91-a8fa-4355-a3c6-9df7d9b85cd1 0024-4082 14502603 681F645-F70D-4E1F-BF7F-D0251528BD51

Table 7. Calcareous sponges found in French Polynesia and their habitats: C = inside caves; S = outside caves, but sciophilous; N = not protected from sunlight;? = unknown information.

Species	Locality	Habitat	Reference
Subclass Calcinea
Ascandra cf. crewsi Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015	Society Islands	N	Klautau et al. 2020
Bidderia watremezi sp. nov.	Marquesas Islands	C	This study
Borojevia moana sp. nov.	Marquesas Islands	C	This study
Clathrina fakaravae Klautau et al. 2020	Tuamotu Islands	?	Klautau et al. 2020
Clathrina huahineae Klautau et al. 2020	Society Islands Tuamotu Islands	?	Klautau et al. 2020
Lelapiella sphaerulifera Vacelet 1977	Tuamotu Islands	S	Vacelet 1977
Leucascus digitiformis Klautau et al. 2020	Marquesas Islands	S	Klautau et al. 2020
Leucascus polynesiensis sp. nov.	Marquesas Islands Society Islands	C; N	Hall et al. 2013 (as L. chagosensis), Klautau et al. 2020 (as L. simplex), this study
Leucetta chagosensis Dendy, 1913	Society Islands Tuamotu Islands	N	Wörheide et al. 2008, Klautau et al. 2020
Leucetta microraphis Haeckel 1872	Society Islands	N	Klautau et al. 2020
Murrayona phanolepis Kirkpatrick, 1910	Marquesas Islands Tuamotu Islands	C; S	Vacelet 1977, Pérez et al. 2016, This study
Neoernsta variabilis (Klautau et al. 2020)	Australes Islands Tuamotu Islands	N	Klautau et al. 2020
Subclass Calcaronea
Lepidoleucon inflatum Vacelet, 1967	Tuamotu Islands	S	Vacelet 1977
Leucandra tahuatae Klautau et al. 2020	Marquesas Islands	S	Klautau et al. 2020
Plectroninia radiata Vacelet, 1967	Tuamotu Islands	C	Vacelet 1977
Leucandra cavernicola sp. nov.	Marquesas Islands	C	This Study