Table 12. Sponges reported from depths below 30 meters in Puerto Rico and the USVI
Max.
Depth
Expedition/
SPECIES (fathoms)
Locality
Bottom Type
Reference
Class Calcispongiae
Le
Class Scle
Ceratopo
Mona a
Hard bottom,
Goreauiella auriculata
127
Mona Island, PR
Colin, 1978
Class Dem
u
Amphimedon compressa
83
La Parguera, PR/USVI
Van Soest, 1980
Hard bottom,
Anchor
Hard bottom,
Ap
A
S
S
A
D
Chali
St.
VI
mudd
d
n
n
Cliona sp.
76
St. Thomas
n
press
Coelo
u
C
L
45
Mona Island
Rocky
Colin, 1978
ucosolenia canariensis
rospongiae
nd Desecheo Is.,
rella nicholsoni
72
PR
caves
Colin, 1978
Reef caves
ospongiae
Agelas clathrodes
94
Desecheo Is., PR
Coral
This study
Agelas conifera
94
Desecheo Is., PR
Coral
This study
Agelas dispar
Agelas schmidtii
94
42
Desecheo Is., PR
St. Thomas, USVI
Coral
This study
Fish Hawk, 1899
Coral
nknown
Alcyospongia india
543
San Juan, PR
Caroline, 1933
Coral
Anacanthaea rea
67
Cerro Gordo, PR
Coral
Caroline, 1933
ina fenimorea
67
Cerro Gordo, PR
Coral
Caroline, 1933
Aplysina archeri
76
St. Thomas
Coral
Armstrong et al., in
press
lysina cauliformis
94
42
Desecheo Is., PR
St. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Coral
This study
Fish Hawk, 1899
Aplysina fenestrata
plysina flagelliformis
42
t. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
Aplysina hirsuta
p
42
t. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
lysina lacunosa
91
42
Mayaguez, PR
t. Thomas, USVI
muddy, sand
Coral
Van Soest, 1980
Fish Hawk, 1899
Axinella reticulata
S
Axociella calla
Cacospongia
54
esecheo Is., PR
Hard bottom,
Coral
Caroline, 1933
spongeliformis
42
St. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
nopsilla pilosa
Callyspongia
36
Thomas, US
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
strongylophora
Callyspongia vaginalis
91
Puerto Rico
y, san
Van Soest, 1980
63
La Parguera, PR
Coral
Van Soest, 1980
Chondrilla nucula
42
St. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
Armstrong et al., i
Chondrilla nucula
Chrotella minuta
76
St.
407
Thomas
Mayaguez, PR
Coral
Rocky
press
Fish Hawk, 1899
Armstrong et al., i
Cinachyra sp.
83
St. Thomas
Coral
press
Clathria clathrata
42
St. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
Coral
nknown
Armstrong et al., i
sphaerella johnsoni
543
San Juan, PR
Caroline, 1933
Coppatias solidissima
42
St. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
ribrochalina spiculosa
63
a Parguera, PR
Coral
Van Soest, 1980
Cribrochalina vasculum
94
Desecheo Is., PR
Coral
This study
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