List of sponges of Venezuela

The sponges of Venezuela are a part of the Porifera fauna of Venezuela (which is part of the wildlife of Venezuela).

A number of species of sponges are found in the wild in Venezuela.

This is a partial list of the marine and freshwater sponges of Venezuela. The families are listed alphabetically within the classes.

Statistics

Environment Nº de Families Nº de Genres Nº de Species
Marine species 39 54 100
Freshwater species 3 10 17
Total 42 64 117

Marine sponges

A live individual of Aplysina archeri
A live individual of Callyspongia vaginalis
A live individual of Chondrilla nucula

Family Acarnidae

Family Adociidae

Family Aplysinidae

Family Callyspongiidae

Family Chalinidae

  • Chalinula molitba (Laubenfels, 1949)[8]

Family Chondrillidae

Family Clionidae

  • Cliona raphida Boury-Esnault, 1973[2][8]
  • Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[7]

Family Coelosphaeridae

  • Lissodendoryx [1]

Family Crambeidae

  • Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[8]

Family Darwinellidae

  • Aplysilla glacialis (Merejkowski, 1878)[8]
  • Chelonaplysilla erecta Tsurnamal, 1967[8]
  • Darwinella rosacea Hechtel, 1965[8]

Family Desmacididae

  • Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882)[3][9][8]

Family Desmacidonidae

  • Liosina monticulosa (Verrill, 1907)[2]

Family Dysidea

  • Dysidea etheria Laubenfels, 1936[8]

Family Dictyonellidae

  • Scopalina ruetzleri (Wiedenmayer, 1977)[7]

Family Dysideidae

  • Dysidea etheria Laubenfels, 1936[3]

Family Geodiidae

  • Geodia giberosa Lamarck, 1815[2][1][8]
  • Geodia papyracea Hechtel, 1965[8]

Family Grantiidae

  • Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862)

Family Halichondriidae

  • Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[2]
  • Halichondria magniculosa Hechtel[2]
  • Halichondria melanadocia Laubenfels, 1936[7][1]
  • Topsentia ophiraphidites (Laubenfels, 1934)[10]

Family Halicloniidae

  • Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965)[8]
  • Haliclona crassiloba Laubenfels, 1950[2]
  • Haliclona curacaoensis (van Soest, 1980)[8]
  • Haliclona doria Laubenfels, 1936[2]
  • Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965)[8]
  • Haliclona magnifica de Weerdt, Rützler & Smith, 1991[8]
  • Haliclona manglaris Alcolado, 1984[8]
  • Haliclona permollis (Bowerbank, 1866)[2]
  • Haliclona picadaerensis[8]
  • Haliclona tubifera (George & Wilson, 1919)[1][8]
  • Haliclona twincayensis de Weerdt,Rützler & Smith, 1991[8]
  • Haliclona viridis (Keller, 1889) [2]
  • Niphastes variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[2]

Family Halisarcidae

Family Heteroxyidae

  • Myrmekioderma rea (de Laubenfels, 1934)[10]

Family Hymedesmiidae

  • Phorbas amaranthus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[5]

Family Iotrochotidae

Family Irciniidae

Family Microcionidae

  • Artemisina melana van Soest, 1984[8]
  • Clathria ferrea (de Laubenfels, 1936)[8]
  • Clathria hechteli Hooper, 1996[1]
  • Clathria microchela (Stephens, 1916)[8]
  • Clathria schoenus (Laubenfels, 1936)[8]
  • Clathria venosa (Alcolado, 1984)[8]
  • Microciona[2]
  • Pandaros acanthifolium Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[3][1]

Family Mycalidae

  • Ulosa hispida Hechtel, 1965[2]
  • Mycale americana van Soest, 1984[8]
  • Mycale angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[8]
  • Mycale carmigropila Hajdu & Rützler, 1998[8]
  • Mycale citrina Hajdu & Rützler, 1998[8]
  • Mycale laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[8]
  • Mycale magnirhaphidifera van Soest, 1984[8]
  • Mycale microsigmatosa Arndt, 1927[3][7][9][1]

Family Niphatidae

Family Ophlitaspongiidae

  • Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986[8]
  • Biemna microstyla Laubenfels, 1950[2]
  • Desmacella jania Verrill, 1907[2]
  • Desmacella meliorata Wiedenmayer, 1977[8]

Family Petrosiidae

Family Phloeodictyidae

  • Oceanapia nodosa (George & Wilson, 1919)[8]

Family Placospongiidae

  • Placospongia intermedia Sollas, 1888[8]

Family Spirastrellidae

  • Desmacella jania[1]

Family Spongiidae

Spongia officinalis

Family Suberitidae

  • Prosuberites laughlini (Díaz, Álvarez & van Soest, 1987)[10][8]
  • Suberites aurantiacus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[8]
  • Terpios fugax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[1]
  • Terpios zeteki Laubenfels 1936[2]
  • Terpios manglaris Rützler & Smith, 1993[8]

Family Sycettidae

Family Tethyidae

Family Tedaniide

  • Tedania ignis (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864)[2][3][1]
  • Lissodendoryx isodictyalis (Carter, 1882)[2][8]

Family Tetillidae

  • Cinachyrella apion (Uliczka, 1929)[8]
  • Cinachyrella kuekenthali (Uliczka, 1929)[7]
  • Cinachyrella tarentina (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) [6]

Family Thorectidae

  • Hyrtios proteus' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[8]
  • Hyrtios violaceus (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864)[3]

Freshwater sponges

Family Metaniidae

  • Acalle recurvata (Bowerbank, 1863) [11]
  • Drulia browni (Bowerbank, 1863)[11]
  • Drulia conifera Boneto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973[11]
  • Drulia cristata (Weltner, 1895)[11]
  • Drulia uruguayensis Boneto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1968[11]
  • Metania reticulata (Bowerbank, 1863)[11]

Family Potamolepidae

  • Onosclera intermedia (Boneto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973)[11]
  • Onosclera navicella (Carter, 1881)[11]
  • Onosclera spinifera (Boneto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973)[11]
  • Uruguaya corallioides (Bowerbank, 1863)[11]

Family Spongillidae

  • Corvoheteromeyenia heterosclera (Ezcurra de drago, 1974)[11]
  • Saturnospongilla carvalhoi Volkmer-Rivero, 1976[11]
  • Spongilla alba Carter, 1849[11]
  • Pottsiela spoliata Volkmer-Rivero & Maciel, 1983[11]
  • Trochospongilla gregaria (Bowerbank, 1863)[11]
  • Trochospongilla minuta (Postt, 1887)[11]
  • Trochospongilla paulata (Bowerbank, 1863)[11]

See also

References

  1. Sutherland, J.P. 1980: Dynamics of the epibenthic community on roots of the mangrove Rhizophora mangle, at Bahia de Buche, Venezuela. Marine Biology, 58:75-84. PDF
  2. Díaz, Humberto., Bevilacqua, Marina. y Bone, David. 1985. Esponjas del Parque Nacional Morrocoy. Fondo Editorial Acta Científica Venezolana. Caracas. 64p.
  3. Catálogo de la colección de Porifera del Museo de Biología de la Universidad Central (MBUCV-XX)
  4. Villamizar, E. and R. A. Laughlin. 1991. Fauna associated with the sponges Aplysina archeri and Aplysina lacunosa in a coral reef of the Archipielago de Los Roques, National Park, Venezuela. Pages 522–542 in J. Reitner and H. Keupp, eds. Fossil and recent sponges. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  5. Venezuelatuya.com: Esponjas Marinas por Fundación La Tortuga. http://www.venezuelatuya.com/natura/esponjasmarinas.htm
  6. Pompa M, Luis A. y Lin, Alan L. 1980: Carotenoides de algunas demospongias (Porifera) de la Bahía de Mochima, Edo. Sucre, Venezuela. Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico Universidad de Oriente 19(1-2):9-14.
  7. Amaro, María E. y Liñero-Arana, Ildefonso. 2002: Demospongiae (Porifera) de Isla Larga, bahía de Mochima, Venezuela. Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela 41(1-2):45=53. PDF Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
  8. María Cristina Díaz and Klaus Rützler 2009: Biodiversity and abundance of sponges in Caribbean mangrove: indicators of environmental quality. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38:151-172. PDF Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Reinaldo S. Compagnone, Maria C. Oliveri, Ivette C. Piña, Sheila Marques, Héctor R. Rangel, Fracehulli Dagger, AlÍrica I. Suárez & Matilde Gómez. 1999: 5-Alkylpyrrole-2-Carboxaldehydes From the Caribbean Sponges Mycale Microsigmatosa and Desmapsamma Anchorata. Natural Product Letters, 13(3) :203=211.
  10. Díaz, M.C.; Alvarez, B.; van Soest, R.W.M. 1987. New species of Demospongiae (Porifera) from the national park 'Archipiélago de Los Roques', Venezuela. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 57 (1): 31-41.
  11. Volkmer-Ribeiro, Cecilia. y Pauls, Sheila M. 2000: Esponjas de agua dulce (Porifera, Desmopongiae) de Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 20(1):1-28

Other references

  • Álvarez, A. I. 1989. Establecimiento, desarrollo y mantenimiento de una comunidad epibentónica tropical. [Settlement, Development and Maintenance of a Tropical Epibenthic Community.] Licenciate’s Thesis, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • Diaz, M. C., S. Pauls, E. Villamizar, A. Alvizu, M. E. Amaro, M. Cellamare, S. Grune, I. Hernández, S. Narciso, A. Pérez, J. Pérez, I. Ramírez, R. Ramos, M. P. Romero, and P. Young. 2003. Porifera Biodiversity in Nueva Esparta, Venezuela: Common Species from La Restinga and Cabugua Island. Abstract. The Twin Cays Mangrove Ecosystem, Belize: Biodiversity, Geological History, and Two Decades of Change. Report from a Workshop, Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, December 2003. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • Pauls, S. 1998. Estudio Sistemático y Biodiversidad de Porifera y Cnidaria en la Bahía de la P. N. Henri Pittier. [Systematic and Diversity Study of Porifera and Cnidaria of the Ciénaga de Ocumare de la Costa Bay, Henri Pittier National Park.] Caracas: Escuela de Biología, Universidad Central de Venezuela.
  • Pauls, S. 2003. “Esponjas.” In Biodiversidad en Venezuela. [“Sponges.”In Biodiversity of Venezuela.], ed. M. Aguilera, A. Azocar, and E. Gonzales, pp. 210– 219. Caracas, Venezuela: Polar Foundation and Ministry of Science and Technology.
  • Pérez, A. 2007. Biodiversidad y Estructura Comunitaria de Poriferos Asociados a Raíces del Manglar, Rhizophora mangle, en el P. N. Laguna de La Restinga, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. [Biodiversity and Community Structure of Porifers Associated to Mangrove Roots, Rizophora mangle, in Laguna de La Restinga National Park, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.] Licenciate’s Thesis, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • Ramírez, I. 2002. Taxonomía de Esponjas (Porifera: Demospongiae) de la Laguna de Bocaripo, Estado Sucre, e Islote Caribe, Dependencia Federal, Venezuela. [Taxonomy of the Sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) of Bocaripo Lagoon, Estado Sucre, and Caribe Island, Dependencia Federal, Venezuela.] Licenciate’s Thesis, Universidad de Oriente, Cumaná.

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