Suberites sp.

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

Suberites sp.

Fig. 19

Diagnostic features.

Ficiform (fig-shaped) with orange (almost red) color and fragile. Oscula found on top of the fig-like shape. Aquiferous network can be seen from ectosomal skeleton of living specimen, small ostia also visible. Spicules are tylostyles (total length × width) 204.3–324.5 (278.4) × 3.5–8.6 (5.5) µm (n = 31). Tylostyle heads are oval with an indistinct neck (head length × head width × neck width) 8.8–15.9 (12.3) × 4.2–8.8 (6) × 3.2–8 (4.5) µm (n = 25).

Distribution and ecology.

Only three Suberites species have been recorded from Indonesia, Suberites radiatus Kieschnick, 1896 , Suberites diversicolor Becking & Lim, 2009 , and the deep-sea Suberites perfectus Ridley & Dendy, 1886 ( Becking and Lim 2009; Putra et al. 2023). North-west of Samalona Island, the Spermonde Archipelago; reef flat, scattered across shallow water area, growth on rock, plastic PVC, and sometimes competing with Scleractinia .

Figures

Figure 19. Habitus in situ of Suberites sp. (photograph by SAP).