Neopetrosia chaliniformis ( Thiele, 1899 ), 2889

Setiawan, Edwin, Erpenbeck, Dirk, Wörheide, Gert & De Voogd, Nicole J., 2018, Bearing the wrong identity: A case study of an Indo-Pacific common shallow water sponge of the genus Neopetrosia (Haplosclerida; Petrosiidae), Zootaxa 4500 (1), pp. 43-58 : 46

Neopetrosia chaliniformis ( Thiele, 1899)

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Petrosia chaliniformis Thiele, 1899: 21 , Pl. 2, Fig. 9; Pl. 5, Fig. 15

Material examined: Holotype: ZMB2889 , Indonesia, North Sulawesi, Kema , Minahasa.

Description (amended from Thiele 1899): Sponge consists of several fragments. Frequently found in the form like plates with branches. Branches have a diameter of 5- 6 mm. Size of osculum is measured 1-2 mm. Height is measured in average of 12 cm.

Consistency. Hard to touch, crumbly.

Colour. Chocolate brown and light brown in alcohol.

Skeleton. Skeleton has structure of isodictyal tangential spicule network with one size of spicule.

Spicules. Oxeas in a range of 100- 140.8 -165 µm x 7.5- 9.9 -12.5 µm.

Remarks: Thiele (1899) remarked that the specimen was more properly related to the genus Petrosia rather than in Pellina because it has an easy removable epidermal layer, however he was not certain about placing the specimen in the genus Petrosia because its consistency was more elastic than in typical Petrosia . Likewise, Thiele observed that the skeletal structure of the specimen is similar to that of Reniera or Rhizochalina . Nevertheless, similarities between genera mentioned by Thiele are no longer relevant given that Reniera and Pellina were transferred to several genera within the family Petrosiidae e.g., Petrosia , Haliclona , Rhizochalina (the latter renamed Oceanapia, World Porifera Database, van Soest et al. 2017).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A Neopetrosia chaliniformis (Thiele, 1899) holotype ZMB2889, B Neopetrosia exigua (Kirkpatrick, 1901), holotype BMNH1898.12.20.49, C Xestospongia pacifica Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, holotype AM Z4999, and D Neopetrosia pandora de Laubenfels, 1954, holotype USNM4806. Scale bar= 1 cm.

FIGURE 2. Oxea from the holotypes of A Neopetrosia chaliniformis (Thiele, 1899) ZMB2889, B Neopetrosia exigua (Kirkpatrick, 1901), BMNH1898.12.20.49, C Xestospongia pacifica Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, AMS Z4999, and D Neopetrosia pandora de Laubenfels, 1954, USNM4806. Scale bar= 50 µm

FIGURE 3. Spicule arrangement in holotypes of A Neopetrosia chaliniformis (Thiele, 1899) ZMB2889, B Neopetrosia exigua (Kirkpatrick, 1901), BMNH1898.12.20.49, C Xestospongia pacifica Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, AMS Z4999, and D Neopetrosia pandora de Laubenfels, 1954, USNM4806. Scale bar= 150 µm.