A checklist of marine sponges (Porifera) of peninsula India Author George, Anita M. CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, 403 004, India & Queensland Museum, P. O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia Author Van Soest, Rob W. M. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. rob. vansoest @ naturalis. nl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4623 - 0093 Author Sluka, Robert D. A Rocha, 180 Piccadilly, London W 1 J 9 HF UK. bob. sluka @ arocha. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5747 - 0044 Author Lazarus, S. Institute for Environmental Research & Social Education, 14 Main St, Nesamony Nagar, TN 629 001 India. lazarus. lasu @ yahoo. com Corresponding author. anitageorge 2003 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4744 - 4069 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-25 4885 2 277 300 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.2.10 1175-5326 4296516 EC1CCF10-3E5F-4815-A393-AD9CF6B93C62
TABLE 2. Taxonomic account of sponge species collected from the southern Indian coast x—All recorded stations; ^ First record from Lakshadweep Islands; Only voucher numbers given for museum deposited samples. Station codes & names: A —Minicoy; B— Kadmat; C —Agatti; D —Kavaratti; E —Grande Island (Goa State); F —Netrani Island (Karnataka (Kar) State); G —Vizhinjam (Kerala (Ker) State); H —Enayam; I —Kolachel; J —Kadiapattanam; K —Muttom inshore; L —Muttom offshore, Kelakkal; M— Muttom offshore, Melakkal; N —Kanyakumari; O —Leepuram; P —Chinnamuttom; Q —Hare Island; R —Manauli Island; S —Kurusadi Island; (Q–S Gulf of Mannar Islands, Eastern India)
Taxonomic detailsLakshadweep IslandsGoaKarKerTamil Nadu State, West and east coast of India
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Class Demospongiae Subclass Keratosa Order Dendroceratida Family Dictyodendrillidae
Spongionella nigra Dendy 1889 ^xxxxxxxxx
Order Dictyoceratida Family Dysideidae
Dysidea cf. crassaxxxxx
Dysidea granulosa Bergquist, 1965 ^xxxx
Lamellodysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889)xxx
Euryspongia sp.xxxx
Family Irciniidae
Ircinia vallata (Dendy, 1887) ^xxxxx
Ircinia aff. vallataxxxx
Family Spongiidae
Spongia (Spongia) ceylonensis ^xx
Spongia aff. ceylonensisxxxxxx
Spongia (Spongia) sp.xxxxxxx
Hippospongia cf. densa Lendenfeld, 1889xxxx
Hyattella intestinalis ( Lamarck, 1814) ^xxxxxxxxx
Hyattella aff. intestinalisxxxxxxxxx
Hyattella tubaria Lendenfeld, 1889xxxxxxxx
Hyattella sinuosa (Pallas, 1766)xxxx
Hyattella cf. sinuosax
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Hyattella aff. sinuosax
Hyattella cavernosa (Pallas, 1766) ^xxxxx
Hyattella aff. cavernosaxxx
Family Thorectidae Subfamily Thorectinae
Hyrtios erectus (Keller, 1889)xxxx
Hyrtios cf. erectusxxxxxx
Hyrtios reticulatus (Thiele, 1899) ^xxxxx
Hyrtios sp.xxxx
Luffariella herdmani (Dendy, 1905) ^xxx
Luffariella sp.xxxxxx
Facaplysinopsis reticulata (Hentschel, 1912)
Fasciospongia anomala (Dendy, 1905) ^xxxxxxxx
Semitaspongia sp.xxx
Smenospongia herdmani comb.nov.xxx
Smenospongia sp.xxxxxx
Subfamily Phyllospongiinae
Lendenfeldia foliacea (Ridley, 1884)xxxx
Subclass Heteroscleromorpha Order Haplosclerida Family Callyspongiidae
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) subarmigera (Ridley, 1884)xxxxxx
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) brevispiculifera comb. novxx
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) diffusa (Ridley, 1884)xxxxxxxx
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) sp.xxxxxx
Callyspongia (Toxochalina) folioides (Bowerbank, 1875)xxxxxx
Callyspongia clathrata (Dendy, 1905)xx
Callyspongia crassifibra (Dendy, 1889) ^x
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Callyspongia (Callyspongia) bullata (Lamarck, 1814)x
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) sp.1x
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) sp.2xxxxx
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) sp.3xxxxxxxx
Callyspongia (Euplacella) retiarmata comb. nov ^xxxx
Callyspongia (Euplacella) mannaarensis comb. nov. ^x
Family Chalinidae
Haliclona pacifica Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994xxxx
Haliclona (Gellius) aff. cymaeformis ^xxx
Haliclona (Haliclona) sp.xxxxx
Family Niphatidae
Gelliodes incrustans Dendy,1905xxxxxx
Gelliodes carnosa Dendy, 1889xxxxx
Pachychalina sp.x
Niphates obtusipiculifera (Dendy, 1905)xxxxx
Amphimedon sp.1xxxxxx
Amphimedon sp.2xx
Amphimedon sp.3xxxx
Amphimedon sp.4xxx
Amphimedon sp.5x
Family Petrosiidae
Xestospongia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815)xxxxx
Order Biemnida Family Biemnidae
Biemna tubulata (Dendy, 1905)x
Biemna ehrenbergi (Keller,1889) ^xxx
Order Scopalinida Family Scopalinidae
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Stylissa carteri (Dendy,1889) ^xxxxx
Stylissa petrosioides comb. nov. ^xx
Stylissa sp.xxxxxx
Order Axinellida Family Axinellidae
Axinella ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)xxxxx
Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) ^xxxxxxxxxxx
Axinella manus Dendy, 1905 ^xxxxxxxxxxxx
Axinella tenuidigitata Dendy, 1905 ^xxx
Axinella sp.xx
Dragmacidon agariciforme (Dendy, 1905) ^xxxxxxx
Dragmacidon sp.xxxxxx
Auletta lyrata (Esper, 1794)xxxxxx
Auletta aurantiaca Dendy, 1889xxx
Family Raspailiidae Subfamily Raspailiinae
Endectyon (Endectyon) fruticosum (Dendy, 1887)xxxxx
Aulospongus tubulatus (Bowerbank, 1873)xx
Order Bubarida Family Dictyonellidae
Acanthella cavernosa Dendy, 1922xxxxx
Order Poecilosclerida Family Microcionidae Subfamily Ophlitaspongiinae
Antho (Plocamia) manaarensis (Carter, 1880)xxxx
Subfamily Microcioninae
Clathria (Clathria) indica Dendy, 1889 ^xxxxxxxxxxx
Clathria (Clathria) sp.1x
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Clathria (Clathria) sp.2xxxxx
Clathria (Clathria) sp.3xxx
Clathria (Thalysias) vulpina (Lamarck, 1814) ^xxxxxxxxx
Clathria (Thalysias) procera (Ridley 1884)xxxxxxx
Clathria (Thalysias) aff. proceraxxxxx
Clathria (Thalysias) aff. arborescensxxxxxxxxxx
Clathria (Wilsonella) aff. mixtaxxxx
Clathria (Wilsonella) tuberosa (Bowerbank, 1875)x
Family Latrunculiidae
Strongylodesma sp.x
Family Acarnidae
Acarnus topsenti Dendy, 1922xx
Family Chondropsidae
Psammoclema sp.x
Family Myxillidae
Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) arenaria Dendy, 1905xxxxxxxxx
Family Mycalidae
Mycale (Zygomycale) parishii (Bowerbank, 1875)xxxxxxxxx
Order Clionaida Family Clionaidae
Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884) ^xxxx
Spheciospongia vagabunda var. tubulodigitata
Spheciospongia sp.xxxx
Cervicornia inconstans comb.nov. ^x
Order Suberitida Family Halichondriidae
Amorphinopsis foetida (Dendy, 1889)xxxx
Ciocalypta tyleri Bowerbank, 1873x
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Ciocalypta digitata (Dendy,1905) ^x
Spongosorites topsenti (Dendy, 1905) ^x
Terpios crutiatus (Dendy, 1905) ^xxxx
Subclass Verongimorpha Order Verongiida Family Pseudoceratinidae
Pseudoceratina purpurea (Carter, 1880) ^xxxxxxx
Class Calcarea SubClass Calcinea Order Clathrinida Family Leucettidae
Leucetta chagosensis Dendy, 1913 ^xxxx
Total Number of Species19211526231942384438402319391918