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Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. PLoS ONE. 12 (3): e0173859.
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Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N.
2017
How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity.
PLoS ONE
12 (3): e0173859
Publication
Although sponges are important components of benthic ecosystems of the Caribbean Sea, their diversity remained poorly investigated in the Lesser Antilles. By organizing a training course in Martinique, we wanted both to promote taxonomy and to provide a first inventory of the sponge diversity on this island. The course was like a naturalist expedition, with a field laboratory and a classroom nearby. Early-career scientists and environmental managers were trained in sponge taxonomy. We gathered unpublished data and conducted an inventory at 13 coastal sites. We explored only shallow water habitats (0±30 m), such as mangroves, reefs or rocky bottoms and underwater caves. According to this study, the sponge fauna of Martinique is currently represented by a minimum of 191 species, 134 of which we could assign species names. One third of the remaining non-identified sponge species we consider to be new to science. Martinique appears very remarkable because of its littoral marine fauna harboring sponge aggregations with high biomass and species diversity dominating over coral species. In mangroves, sponges cover about 10% of the surface of subtidal roots. Several submarine caves are true reservoirs of hidden and insufficiently described sponge diversity. Thanks to this new collaborative effort, the Eastern Caribbean has gained a significant increase of knowledge, with sponge diversity of this area potentially representing 40% of the total in the Caribbean Sea. We thus demonstrated the importance of developing exploratory and educational research in areas historically devoid of biodiversity inventories and systematics studies. Finally, we believe in the necessity to consider not only the number of species but their distribution in space to evaluate their putative contribution to ecosystem services and our willingness to preserve them
Caribbean region
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Aaptos pernucleata (Carter, 1870) (additional source)
Agelas cerebrum Assmann, van Soest & Köck, 2001 (additional source) Agelas citrina Gotera & Alcolado, 1987 (additional source) Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source) Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source) Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source) Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 (additional source) Agelas tubulata Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 (additional source) Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875) (additional source) Amphimedon caribica (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) (additional source) Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850) (additional source) Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source) Amphimedon erina (de Laubenfels, 1936) (additional source) Aplysina archeri (Higgin, 1875) (additional source) Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882) (additional source) Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766) (additional source) Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766) (additional source) Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814) (additional source) Axinella corrugata (George & Wilson, 1919) (additional source) Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (additional source) Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 represented as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source) Callyspongia pallida Hechtel, 1965 represented as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) pallida Hechtel, 1965 (additional source) Callyspongia plicifera (Lamarck, 1814) represented as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) plicifera (Lamarck, 1814) (additional source) Calyx podatypa (de Laubenfels, 1934) (additional source) Chalinula molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949) (additional source) Chelonaplysilla betinensis Zea & van Soest, 1986 (additional source) Chelonaplysilla erecta (Row, 1911) (additional source) Chondrilla caribensis f. caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007 accepted as Chondrilla caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007 (additional source) Chondrosia collectrix (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source) Cinachyrella kuekenthali (Uliczka, 1929) (additional source) Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927 represented as Clathria (Thalysias) curacaoensis Arndt, 1927 (basis of record) Clathria venosa (Alcolado, 1984) represented as Clathria (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984) (additional source) Clathrina aurea Solé-Cava, Klautau, Boury-Esnault, Borojevic & Thorpe, 1991 (additional source) Cliona aprica Pang, 1973 (additional source) Cliona tenuis Zea & Weil, 2003 (additional source) Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source) Corticium diamantense Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014 (additional source) Darwinella rosacea Hechtel, 1965 (additional source) Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882) (additional source) Dictyonella arenosa (Rützler, 1981) (additional source) Dictyonella funicularis (Rützler, 1981) (additional source) Diplastrella megastellata Hechtel, 1965 (additional source) Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (additional source) Dysidea etheria de Laubenfels, 1936 (additional source) Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source) Erylus formosus Sollas, 1886 (additional source) Geodia neptuni (Sollas, 1886) (additional source) Halichondria magniconulosa Hechtel, 1965 represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) magniconulosa Hechtel, 1965 (additional source) Halichondria melanadocia de Laubenfels, 1936 represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) melanadocia de Laubenfels, 1936 (additional source) Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965) represented as Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea (Hechtel, 1965) (additional source) Haliclona curacaoensis (van Soest, 1980) represented as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) curacaoensis (van Soest, 1980) (additional source) Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965) represented as Haliclona (Reniera) implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965) (additional source) Haliclona manglaris Alcolado, 1984 represented as Haliclona (Reniera) manglaris Alcolado, 1984 (additional source) Haliclona piscaderaensis (van Soest, 1980) represented as Haliclona (Soestella) piscaderaensis (van Soest, 1980) (additional source) Haliclona smithae de Weerdt, 2000 represented as Haliclona (Soestella) smithae de Weerdt, 2000 (additional source) Haliclona tubifera (George & Wilson, 1919) represented as Haliclona (Reniera) tubifera (George & Wilson, 1919) (additional source) Haliclona vansoesti de Weerdt, de Kluijver & Gómez, 1999 represented as Haliclona (Halichoclona) vansoesti de Weerdt, de Kluijver & Gómez, 1999 (additional source) Haliclona vermeuleni de Weerdt, 2000 represented as Haliclona (Soestella) vermeuleni de Weerdt, 2000 (additional source) Halisarca caerulea Vacelet & Donadey, 1987 (additional source) Hyrtios proteus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source) Iotrochota birotulata (Higgin, 1877) (additional source) Ircinia campana (Lamarck, 1814) (additional source) Ircinia felix (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source) Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source) Lissodendoryx spinulosa Rützler, Piantoni & Díaz, 2007 represented as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) spinulosa Rützler, Piantoni & Díaz, 2007 (additional source) Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source) Mycale americana van Soest, 1984 represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) americana van Soest, 1984 (basis of record) Mycale angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) represented as Mycale (Zygomycale) angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source) Mycale carmigropila Hajdu & Rützler, 1998 represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) carmigropila Hajdu & Rützler, 1998 (additional source) Mycale citrina Hajdu & Rützler, 1998 represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) citrina Hajdu & Rützler, 1998 (additional source) Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882) represented as Mycale (Mycale) laevis (Carter, 1882) (additional source) Mycale magnirhaphidifera van Soest, 1984 represented as Mycale (Carmia) magnirhaphidifera van Soest, 1984 (additional source) Mycale microsigmatosa Arndt, 1927 represented as Mycale (Carmia) microsigmatosa Arndt, 1927 (additional source) Myrmekioderma gyroderma (Alcolado, 1984) (additional source) Neofibularia nolitangere (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source) Neopetrosia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814) (additional source) Neopetrosia proxima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source) Niphates alba van Soest, 1980 (additional source) Niphates caycedoi (Zea & van Soest, 1986) (additional source) Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814) (additional source) Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source) Oceanapia nodosa (George & Wilson, 1919) (additional source) Oceanapia peltata (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source) Petrosia pellasarca (de Laubenfels, 1934) represented as Petrosia (Petrosia) pellasarca (de Laubenfels, 1934) (additional source) Phorbas amaranthus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source) Placospongia intermedia Sollas, 1888 (additional source) Plakortis angulospiculatus (Carter, 1879) (additional source) Polymastia tenax Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (additional source) Prosuberites laughlini (Díaz, Alvarez & van Soest, 1987) (additional source) Ptilocaulis walpersii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source) Scopalina ruetzleri (Wiedenmayer, 1977) (additional source) Siphonodictyon brevitubulatum Pang, 1973 (additional source) Siphonodictyon xamaycaense Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (additional source) Smenospongia aurea (Hyatt, 1875) (additional source) Smenospongia conulosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (additional source) Spheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815) (additional source) Spirastrella coccinea (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source) Spirastrella hartmani Boury-Esnault, Klautau, Bézac, Wulff & Solé-Cava, 1999 (additional source) Spirastrella mollis Verrill, 1907 (additional source) Spongia tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 represented as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (additional source) |
