| Demospongiae |
Haplosclerida |
Phloeodictyidae |
Aka brevitubulata |
4 |
Originally described under genus Siphonodictyon. Excavating sponge; tiny yellow papillae. Mucus is exudated when handled. |
(Pang, 1973) |
yellow,papillated,soft,crumbly |
| Demospongiae |
Haplosclerida |
Phloeodictyidae |
Aka coralliphaga |
16 |
Originally described under genus Siphonodictyon. Excavating, with epilithic bright yellow large papillae; excavating mass soft, fills the entire cavities. It may encrust all the excavated substratum becoming massive. Exudes abundant mucus when handled. |
(Rützler, 1971) |
yellow,encrusting,tube,papillated,massive,tough,crumbly |
| Demospongiae |
Haplosclerida |
Phloeodictyidae |
Aka siphona |
2 |
Placed previously under genus Siphonodictyon. Excavating and agglutinating rubble buried under sandy substratum, with epilithic brown papillae. Releases mucus when handled. |
(de Laubenfels, 1949) |
brown,papillated,tube,tough |
| Demospongiae |
Haplosclerida |
Phloeodictyidae |
Aka xamaycaensis |
2 |
Originally described under genus Siphonodictyon. Excavating with epilithic white papillae. Exudes mucus when handled. |
(Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) |
white,papillated,tough |
| Demospongiae |
Haplosclerida |
Phloeodictyidae |
Calyx podatypa |
2 |
This name was mistakenly used for Svenzea zeai, but it is a distinct species. Creeping cylinders and cavity-filling masses or crusts under corals and rubble in shallow water. Surface often pierced by holes. Parts of the same sponge hard, others crumbly. Bahamas material has as spicules thin oxea 92-122 x up to 2 µm arranged in the surface in a tangential unispicular reticulation, more paucispicular in the interior. Cavity filling specimens of Neopetrosia rosariensis (Zea & Rützler, 1981) may be confused with this species because they also have fields of holes in the surface. The latter are darker, almost black, hard throughout the body, often with elevated tubular oscules and thin branchelets, and have slightly larger and thicker oxeote spicules (130-175 x 3-5 µm for the Bahamas material), with points often a bit blunt or stair-stepped. |
(de Laubenfels, 1934) |
brown,encrusting,crumbly |
| Demospongiae |
Haplosclerida |
Phloeodictyidae |
Oceanapia bartschi |
8 |
From small, cavity filling, to medium-size globular, to large barrel-shaped; it is characterized by having a central highly collared and transparent oscule, and erect fistules densely scattered throughout the surface. Tissue color of oscule and fistules is brown. The remaining surface is heavily fouled with crustose, filamentous and flesy algae and sometimes other sessile invertebrates. |
(de Laubenfels, 1934) |
black,brown,spherical,massive,papillated,tough,crumbly |
