Haliclona (Soestella) sp. 2

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

Haliclona (Soestella) sp. 2

Fig. 9 c, f

Diagnostic features.

Small specimen (l × w × h; 45 × 32 × 25 mm) with magenta color in life and pale white in alcohol. Massive shape with large osculum. Ectosomal skeleton shows multispicular fiber tracts. Spicules are oxeas, larger oxeas 102–130.9 (116.1) × 3.8–6.5 (5) µm (n = 24), and thin oxeas 78.4–114.4 (96.8) × 1.3–4.1 (2.5) µm (n = 20). Rounded meshes formed by the spicules characterized those species as belonging to the subgenus Soestella ( de Weerdt 2000) . However, due to differences in color and variation of the macro-morphology, it can be distinguished from Haliclona (Soestella) elegantia .

Distribution and ecology.

West Kayangan Island and Gusung Tallang Island, the Spermonde Archipelago; turbid environment.

Figures

Figure 9. Habitus in situ a Haliclona (Soestella) elegantia (Bowerbank, 1875) at Kayangan Island, the Spermonde Archipelago b Haliclona (Soestella) sp. 1. at Samalona Island, the Spermonde Archipelago c Haliclona (Soestella) sp. 2. at Samalona Island, the Spermonde Archipelago (all photographs by SAP) d two sizes of oxeas and sigmas of Haliclona (Soestella) elegantia e Haliclona (Soestella) elegantia spicules reticulation f Haliclona (Soestella) sp. 2. spicule reticulation.