Porifera source details

SourceID	151596
Name	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Kaiser, K.; Van Syoc, R. 2011. Sponges from Clipperton Island, East Pacific. Zootaxa 2839: 1-46.
Type	Publication
Full text	Van Soest et al. 2011 Clip.pdf
Abstract	Twenty sponge species (totalling 190 individuals) were collected during the 1938, 1994 and 2004/5 expeditions to the remote island of Clipperton in the East Pacific Ocean. Seven species are widespread Indo-Pacific sponges; nine species comprise sponges new to science; four species were represented only by small thin patches insufficient for proper characterization and could be only determined to genus. The new species may not be necessarily endemic to the island, as several show similarities with species described from elsewhere in the East and West Pacific. Four species: Tethya sarai Desqueyroux Faúndez & Van Soest (1997), Callyspongia (Callyspongia) roosevelti n.sp., Spongia (Spongia) sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900) and Suberea etiennei n.sp. were found commonly occurring in localities around the island in depths between 10 and 55 m, growing on dead corals, under overhangs and rubble stones. The remaining sponges were either rare or were thinly encrusting on coral fragments. The latter may be more abundant than appears from the present study as they are probably not easily observed. The sponge fauna of Clipperton Island shows strongest affinities with the Central and West Pacific regions and only two or three species are shared with the East Pacific region.
Geographical term	East Pacific
Bibliographical term	Systematics, Taxonomy
Taxonomic term	Porifera
Taxa (15)	Aplysinopsis bergquistae Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 (original description) Callyspongia (Callyspongia) roosevelti Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 (original description) Clathria (Thalysias) hermicola Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 (original description) Clathrina passionensis Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 (original description) Haliclona (Gellius) violacea (de Laubenfels, 1950) (additional source) Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) prostrata Thiele, 1903 (additional source) Paratimea globastrella Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 (original description) Plakinastrella clippertonensis Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 (original description) Spongia (Spongia) sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900) (additional source) Suberea etiennei Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 (original description) Sycettusa sibogae (Burton, 1930) (basis of record) Tedania (Tedania) strongylostylota Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 accepted as Tedania (Tedania) strongylostyla Kennedy & Hooper, 2000 (original description) Tethya sarai Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997 (additional source) Timea clippertoni Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 (original description) Ulosa pacifica Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 (original description)
Distributions (16)	Clipperton for Aplysinopsis bergquistae Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 Clipperton for Callyspongia (Callyspongia) roosevelti Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 Clipperton for Clathria (Thalysias) hermicola Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 Clipperton for Clathrina passionensis Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 Clipperton for Haliclona (Gellius) violacea (de Laubenfels, 1950) Clipperton for Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) prostrata Thiele, 1903 Clipperton for Oscarella carmela Muricy & Pearse, 2004 Clipperton for Paratimea globastrella Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 Clipperton for Plakinastrella clippertonensis Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 Clipperton for Spongia (Spongia) sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900) Clipperton for Suberea etiennei Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 Clipperton for Sycettusa sibogae (Burton, 1930) Clipperton for Tedania (Tedania) strongylostylota Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 Clipperton for Tethya sarai Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997 Clipperton for Timea clippertoni Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 Clipperton for Ulosa pacifica Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011
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