Aplysilla sulfurea Schulze, 1878

Pestana, Rosa, Ribeiro, Cláudia, Boury-Esnault, Nicole & Biscoito, Manuel, 2018, Systematic account of new Porifera (Demospongiae) records from the oceanic Island of Madeira (NE Atlantic), Zootaxa 4402 (2), pp. 395-400 : 396

Aplysilla sulfurea Schulze, 1878 ( Figure 2 )

Material examined. MMF 35059 / Location: Baixa do Carneiro , Lido (BC), Madeira island / 4.5 m depth / Date : 3 apr 2001 / Collector: Rosa Pestana.

Remarks. The oscules of the collected specimen were rarely visible. Despite the species’ sciophilous preferences ( Carballo 1994), MMF 35059 was found exposed to light.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Spicules and fibres: 1. Aplysilla sulfurea, spongin fibre; 2. Cliona celata, a: curved tylostyles, b: straight tylostyle, c: tylostyles with different types of heads; 3. Eurypon lacazei, a: tornote, b: acanthostyle, c: subtylostyle; 4. Clathria (Clathria) coralloides, a: straight and thin subtylostyle, b: principal style, c: accessory style, d: toxa, e: palmate isochela; 5. Mycale (Carmia) macilenta, a: tylostyle, b: toxa, c: large sigma, d: large palmate anisochela; 6. Tedania (Tedania) anhelans, a: curved style, b: straight tylote,c: onychaete.