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Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium. 1977, 113-117.
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Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P.
1977
Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar).
Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium
1977, 113-117
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During an analysis of the distribution of 280 species of sponges in the coral reefs of Tulear, several species groups were obvious.
1) A characteristic fauna of numerous large, erect sponges occurs on flat surfaces of the lower sloping platform of the outer slope between 20 and 55 m.
2) Some species grow in full light conditions on the rocky or sandy areas of the inner reef flat. These species are few in number, but often constitute conspicuous populations.
3) A large number of shade-loving species are distributed widely in cryptic habitats of the reef outer slope, the reef front, the outer and inner reef flat and the inner slope.
4) In the cryptic habitats of each of these zones, there are also more localized shade-loving species. The darker areas of the galleries in the reef front have a distinctive fauna of very hard sponges (Pharetronids, Lithistids and Sclerosponges) of special interest.
5) Some free-living species occur in sandy regions, where they are buried by the sediment.
Light and water movements are the principal factors influencing this sponge distribution.
Indian Ocean, Western
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Acanthostylotella cornuta (Topsent, 1897) (additional source)
Acanthotriaena crypta Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (additional source) Aciculites spinosa Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 (additional source) Aciculites tulearensis Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965 (additional source) Aplysilla sulfurea Schulze, 1878 (additional source) Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) (additional source) Astrosclera willeyana Lister, 1900 (additional source) Axinella arborescens Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (additional source) Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) (additional source) Biemna fortis (Topsent, 1897) (additional source) Chondrilla nucula Schmidt, 1862 (additional source) Ciocalypta microstrongylata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (additional source) Clathria dichela sensu Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (additional source) Clathria foliascens Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 represented as Clathria (Clathria) foliascens Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 (additional source) Clathrina pulcherrima (Dendy, 1891) (additional source) Crambe acuata (Lévi, 1958) (additional source) Discodermia dubia Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 (additional source) Discodermia japonica Döderlein, 1884 (additional source) Discodermia panoplia Sollas, 1888 (additional source) Echinodictyum conulosum Kieschnick, 1900 (additional source) Echinodictyum jousseaumi Topsent, 1892 (additional source) Erylus lendenfeldi Sollas, 1888 (additional source) Gelliodes incrustans Dendy, 1905 (additional source) Geodia peruncinata Dendy, 1905 (additional source) Halisarca ectofibrosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (additional source) Hexadella racovitzai Topsent, 1896 (additional source) Higginsia petrosioides Dendy, 1922 (additional source) Homophymia lamellosa Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 (additional source) Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mertoni Hentschel, 1912 (additional source) Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875) (additional source) Ircinia cylindracea Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (additional source) Kaliapsis incrustans (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971) (additional source) Lelapiella incrustans Vacelet, 1977 (additional source) Lepidoleucon inflatum Vacelet, 1967 (additional source) Lissodendoryx arenaria Burton, 1936 represented as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) arenaria Burton, 1936 (additional source) Mycale crassissima (Dendy, 1905) represented as Mycale (Mycale) crassissima (Dendy, 1905) (additional source) Mycale grandis Gray, 1867 represented as Mycale (Mycale) grandis Gray, 1867 (additional source) Mycale sulevoidea (Sollas, 1902) represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) sulevoidea (Sollas, 1902) (additional source) Oceanapia toxophila Dendy, 1922 (additional source) Paramurrayona corticata Vacelet, 1967 (additional source) Paratetilla bacca (Selenka, 1867) (additional source) Petrosia spheroida Tanita, 1967 represented as Petrosia (Petrosia) spheroida Tanita, 1967 (additional source) Phyllospongia papyracea (Esper, 1806) (additional source) Placospongia carinata (Bowerbank, 1858) (additional source) Plectroninia hindei Kirkpatrick, 1900 (additional source) Plectroninia minima Vacelet, 1967 (additional source) Plectroninia pulchella Vacelet, 1967 (additional source) Plectroninia radiata Vacelet, 1967 (additional source) Plectroninia tecta Vacelet, 1967 (additional source) Rhabderemia toxigera Topsent, 1892 (additional source) Scleritoderma nodosum Thiele, 1900 (additional source) Scopalina lophyropoda Schmidt, 1862 (additional source) Spirastrella pachyspira Lévi, 1958 (additional source) Spirorhabdia alata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (additional source) Strongylamma arenosa (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971) (additional source) Tethya seychellensis (Wright, 1881) (additional source) Timea unistellata (Topsent, 1892) (additional source) Tulearinia stylifera Vacelet, 1977 (additional source) |