Table 12. (cont.) Sponges reported from depths below 30 meters in Puerto Rico and the USVI
Max.
Depth
Expedition/
SPECIES
Bottom Type
(meters)
Locality
Reference
D
Dendrospongia crassa
actylella rhaphoxea
67
Cerro Gordo, PR
Hard bottom,
S
Hard bottom,
217
Mayaguez, PR
Jost
SVI
Ha
m
e, 1933
Geodi
Desec
H
D
Hard bottom,
Haliclo
Hard bottom,
Hard bottom,
Hipposp
St.
St.
VI
wk, 1899
Hircinia ramosa
Cerro Gordo, PR
mu
nd
Ha
m
33
Jo
I
coeloptychioides
87
Aguad a, PR
Sand, mud
sh Hawk, 1899
Microciona spinosa
42
St. T
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
Mycale laevis
83
St. Thomas
Coral
Armstrong et al., in
press
et al., in
980
80
line, 1933
Soest, 1980
muddy, sand
Van Soest, 1980
Oceanapia oleracea
42
St. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
Oligoceras violacea
54
St. Thomas, USVI
n/d
Van Soest, 1980
Pachastrella dilifera
489
Mona Island, PR
Hard bottom,
Coral
Caroline, 1933
Pachychalina amaranthus
42
St. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
Pachychalina areolata
42
Vieques, PR
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
Pachychalina aurantiaca
42
St. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
Coral
Caroline, 1933
42
t. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
Densa araminta
67
Cerro Gordo, PR
Coral
Caroline, 1933
Diplastrella sp.
83
St. Thomas
Coral
Armstrong et al., in
press
Erylus alleni
Foliolina peltata
119
San Juan, PR
Hard bottom,
Coral
Coral
Caroline, 1933
Fish Hawk, 1899
Carolin
Gelliodes leucosolenia
543
Van Dyke, U
rd botto
a neptuni
94
heo Is., PR
Coral
This study
aliclona pellasarca
54
esecheo Is., PR
Coral
Caroline, 1933
na podatypa
67
Cerro Gordo, PR
Coral
Caroline, 1933
Hezekia demera
ongia intestinalis
67
42
Cerro Gordo, PR
Coral
Coral
Caroline, 1933
Thomas, USVI
Fish Hawk, 1899
Fish Ha
Hircinia acuta
42
Thomas, US
Coral
67
Hard bottom,
Coral
Coral
Caroline, 1933
Hirsinia foetida
42
St. Thomas, USVI
Fish Hawk, 1899
Hirsinia variabilis
42
St. Thomas, USVI
Coral
Fish Hawk, 1899
Hyattella intestinalis
91
Mayaguez, PR
ddy, sa
Van Soest, 1980
Inflatella bartschi
181
San Juan, PR
rd botto
Caroline, 19
Ircinia dendroides
Ircinia strobilina
91
91
Mayaguez, PR
Mayaguez, PR
muddy, sand
ddy, sa
Van Soest, 1980
Van Soest, 1980
mu
nd
Hard bottom
Caroline, 1933
Kapnesolenia fisheri
344
st Van Dyke, USV
Margaritella
ill
Fi
homas, USVI
Neofibularia nolitangere
83
St. Thomas
Coral
Armstrong
press
Niphates alba
63
La Parguera, PR
Coral
Van Soest, 1
Niphates amorpha
91
La Parguera, PR
Coral
Van Soest, 19
Neothenea enae
326
Desecheo Is., PR
Hard bottom,
Coral
Caro
Oceanapia bartschi
91
Puerto Rico
muddy, sand
Van
Oceanapia fistulosa
91
Cerro Gordo, PR
55