List of sponges of Venezuela

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The sponges of Venezuela are a part of the Porifera fauna of Venezuela (which is part of the wildlife of Venezuela).

A number of species of sponges are found in the wild in Venezuela.

This is a partial list of the marine and freshwater sponges of Venezuela. The families are listed alphabetically within the classes.

Statistics[]

Environment Nº de Families Nº de Genres Nº de Species
Marine species 39 54 100
Freshwater species 3 10 17
Total 42 64 117

Marine sponges[]

A live individual of Aplysina archeri
A live individual of Callyspongia vaginalis
A live individual of Chondrilla nucula

Family Acarnidae

Family Adociidae

  • Sigmadocia caerulea Hechtel 1965[2]

Family Aplysinidae

Family Callyspongiidae

  • Laubenfels, 1936[8]
  • Callyspongia vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814)[3][6]

Family Chalinidae

  • (Laubenfels, 1949)[8]

Family Chondrillidae

Family Clionidae

  • Boury-Esnault, 1973[2][8]
  • (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[7]

Family Coelosphaeridae

Family Crambeidae

  • (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[8]

Family Darwinellidae

  • (Merejkowski, 1878)[8]
  • Tsurnamal, 1967[8]
  • Hechtel, 1965[8]

Family Desmacididae

Family

  • (Verrill, 1907)[2]

Family Dysidea

Family Dictyonellidae

  • (Wiedenmayer, 1977)[7]

Family Dysideidae

Family Geodiidae

Family Grantiidae

  • (Schmidt, 1862)

Family Halichondriidae

  • (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[2]
  • Hechtel[2]
  • Laubenfels, 1936[7][1]
  • (Laubenfels, 1934)[10]

Family

  • Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965)[8]
  • Laubenfels, 1950[2]
  • (van Soest, 1980)[8]
  • Haliclona doria Laubenfels, 1936[2]
  • (Hechtel, 1965)[8]
  • de Weerdt, Rützler & Smith, 1991[8]
  • Alcolado, 1984[8]
  • (Bowerbank, 1866)[2]
  • [8]
  • (George & Wilson, 1919)[1][8]
  • de Weerdt, Rützler & Smith, 1991[8]
  • (Keller, 1889) [2]
  • Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[2]

Family Halisarcidae

Family Heteroxyidae

  • (de Laubenfels, 1934)[10]

Family Hymedesmiidae

  • Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[5]

Family Iotrochotidae

Family Irciniidae

Family Microcionidae

  • van Soest, 1984[8]
  • (de Laubenfels, 1936)[8]
  • Hooper, 1996[1]
  • (Stephens, 1916)[8]
  • (Laubenfels, 1936)[8]
  • (Alcolado, 1984)[8]
  • [2]
  • Pandaros acanthifolium Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[3][1]

Family Mycalidae

  • Hechtel, 1965[2]
  • van Soest, 1984[8]
  • (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[8]
  • Hajdu & Rützler, 1998[8]
  • Hajdu & Rützler, 1998[8]
  • (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[8]
  • van Soest, 1984[8]
  • Arndt, 1927[3][7][9][1]

Family Niphatidae

Family

  • Pulitzer-Finali, 1986[8]
  • Laubenfels, 1950[2]
  • Verrill, 1907[2]
  • Wiedenmayer, 1977[8]

Family Petrosiidae

Family Phloeodictyidae

  • (George & Wilson, 1919)[8]

Family Placospongiidae

  • Sollas, 1888[8]

Family Spirastrellidae

Family Spongiidae

Spongia officinalis

Family Suberitidae

  • (Díaz, Álvarez & van Soest, 1987)[10][8]
  • (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)[8]
  • Terpios fugax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[1]
  • Laubenfels 1936[2]
  • Rützler & Smith, 1993[8]

Family Sycettidae

Family Tethyidae

Family

Family Tetillidae

  • (Uliczka, 1929)[8]
  • (Uliczka, 1929)[7]
  • (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) [6]

Family Thorectidae

  • ' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[8]
  • (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864)[3]

Freshwater sponges[]

Family Metaniidae

  • (Bowerbank, 1863) [11]
  • (Bowerbank, 1863)[11]
  • Boneto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973[11]
  • (Weltner, 1895)[11]
  • Boneto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1968[11]
  • (Bowerbank, 1863)[11]

Family Potamolepidae

  • (Boneto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973)[11]
  • (Carter, 1881)[11]
  • (Boneto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973)[11]
  • (Bowerbank, 1863)[11]

Family Spongillidae

  • (Ezcurra de drago, 1974)[11]
  • Volkmer-Rivero, 1976[11]
  • Carter, 1849[11]
  • Volkmer-Rivero & Maciel, 1983[11]
  • (Bowerbank, 1863)[11]
  • (Postt, 1887)[11]
  • (Bowerbank, 1863)[11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l Sutherland, J.P. 1980: Dynamics of the epibenthic community on roots of the mangrove Rhizophora mangle, at Bahia de Buche, Venezuela. Marine Biology, 58:75-84. PDF
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Díaz, Humberto., Bevilacqua, Marina. y Bone, David. 1985. Esponjas del Parque Nacional Morrocoy. Fondo Editorial Acta Científica Venezolana. Caracas. 64p.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Catálogo de la colección de Porifera del Museo de Biología de la Universidad Central (MBUCV-XX)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Villamizar, E. and R. A. Laughlin. 1991. Fauna associated with the sponges Aplysina archeri and Aplysina lacunosa in a coral reef of the Archipielago de Los Roques, National Park, Venezuela. Pages 522–542 in J. Reitner and H. Keupp, eds. Fossil and recent sponges. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Venezuelatuya.com: Esponjas Marinas por Fundación La Tortuga. http://www.venezuelatuya.com/natura/esponjasmarinas.htm
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Pompa M, Luis A. y Lin, Alan L. 1980: Carotenoides de algunas demospongias (Porifera) de la Bahía de Mochima, Edo. Sucre, Venezuela. Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico Universidad de Oriente 19(1-2):9-14.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Amaro, María E. y Liñero-Arana, Ildefonso. 2002: Demospongiae (Porifera) de Isla Larga, bahía de Mochima, Venezuela. Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela 41(1-2):45=53. PDF Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba María Cristina Díaz and Klaus Rützler 2009: Biodiversity and abundance of sponges in Caribbean mangrove: indicators of environmental quality. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38:151-172. PDF Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Reinaldo S. Compagnone, Maria C. Oliveri, Ivette C. Piña, Sheila Marques, Héctor R. Rangel, Fracehulli Dagger, AlÍrica I. Suárez & Matilde Gómez. 1999: 5-Alkylpyrrole-2-Carboxaldehydes From the Caribbean Sponges Mycale Microsigmatosa and Desmapsamma Anchorata. Natural Product Letters, 13(3) :203=211.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c Díaz, M.C.; Alvarez, B.; van Soest, R.W.M. 1987. New species of Demospongiae (Porifera) from the national park 'Archipiélago de Los Roques', Venezuela. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 57 (1): 31-41.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Volkmer-Ribeiro, Cecilia. y Pauls, Sheila M. 2000: Esponjas de agua dulce (Porifera, Desmopongiae) de Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 20(1):1-28

Other references[]

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  • Diaz, M. C., S. Pauls, E. Villamizar, A. Alvizu, M. E. Amaro, M. Cellamare, S. Grune, I. Hernández, S. Narciso, A. Pérez, J. Pérez, I. Ramírez, R. Ramos, M. P. Romero, and P. Young. 2003. Porifera Biodiversity in Nueva Esparta, Venezuela: Common Species from La Restinga and Cabugua Island. Abstract. The Twin Cays Mangrove Ecosystem, Belize: Biodiversity, Geological History, and Two Decades of Change. Report from a Workshop, Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida, December 2003. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • Pauls, S. 1998. Estudio Sistemático y Biodiversidad de Porifera y Cnidaria en la Bahía de la P. N. Henri Pittier. [Systematic and Diversity Study of Porifera and Cnidaria of the Ciénaga de Ocumare de la Costa Bay, Henri Pittier National Park.] Caracas: Escuela de Biología, Universidad Central de Venezuela.
  • Pauls, S. 2003. “Esponjas.” In Biodiversidad en Venezuela. [“Sponges.”In Biodiversity of Venezuela.], ed. M. Aguilera, A. Azocar, and E. Gonzales, pp. 210– 219. Caracas, Venezuela: Polar Foundation and Ministry of Science and Technology.
  • Pérez, A. 2007. Biodiversidad y Estructura Comunitaria de Poriferos Asociados a Raíces del Manglar, Rhizophora mangle, en el P. N. Laguna de La Restinga, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. [Biodiversity and Community Structure of Porifers Associated to Mangrove Roots, Rizophora mangle, in Laguna de La Restinga National Park, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.] Licenciate’s Thesis, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • Ramírez, I. 2002. Taxonomía de Esponjas (Porifera: Demospongiae) de la Laguna de Bocaripo, Estado Sucre, e Islote Caribe, Dependencia Federal, Venezuela. [Taxonomy of the Sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) of Bocaripo Lagoon, Estado Sucre, and Caribe Island, Dependencia Federal, Venezuela.] Licenciate’s Thesis, Universidad de Oriente, Cumaná.

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