Clathrina rodriguesensis van Soest & de Voogd, 2018

Putra, Singgih Afifa, Ambo-Rappe, Rohani, Jompa, Jamaluddin & de Voogd, Nicole J., 2024, Preliminary study of marine sponges (Porifera) in the littoral of Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia, ZooKeys 1208, pp. 275-313 : 275-313

Clathrina rodriguesensis van Soest & de Voogd, 2018

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Diagnostic features.

In its natural environment, the species forms a large, encrusting mass composed of wide, closely linked tubes showing little variation in diameter. According to van Soest and de Voogd (2018), it can spread flatly across wide areas, with the tubes arranged like a ladder. The main tubes often end in an opening slightly raised from the mass. The color is white with shades of blue, grey, or pink, turning pale beige or brown when preserved. Consistency firm and with asconoid aquiferous system. Spicules are only triactines.

Distribution and ecology.

Previously, this species only recorded from Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean ( van Soest and de Voogd 2018). This is first record for Indonesia (Kudingareng keke, the Spermonde Archipelago; reef flat).

Figures

Figure 2. Clathrina rodriguesensis van Soest & de Voogd, 2018 from Kudingareng keke Island, the Spermonde Archipelago (Sample CEL 035) a habitus of fresh specimen (photograph by NJdeV) b SEM image of the triactines.