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Vol. 44 No. 1, 2005
Excavating Sponge Species from the Indo-Pacific Ocean
Barbara
Calcinai1,*, Giorgio Bavestrello1, and Carlo
Cerrano2
1Dipartimento
di Scienze del Mare, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce
Bianche, I-60131 Ancona, Italy
2Dipartimento per lo studio del Territorio e delle sue
Risorse, Università di Genova, Corso Europa 26, I-16132 Genova, Italy
Barbara
Calcinai, Giorgio Bavestrello, and Carlo Cerrano (2005) Six
excavating sponge species from the Indo-Pacific area (North Sulawesi,
Indonesia, and the Philippines) are described here. Four of these
species recorded in Indonesia are new (Cliona
albimarginata, Cliona favus,
Cliona liangae, and Cliona utricularis); for Cliona dichotoma, collected in
Indonesia and the Philippines, this is the 2nd record which enlarges
its geographic distribution and allowed us to describe its skeletal
arrangement. A redescription of the skeletal arrangement and spicule
features of Cliona mucronata
is given.
Key words: Excavating
sponges, Coral reefs, Porifera, Indonesia, Philippines.
*Correspondence: Tel: 39-071-2204283. Fax: 39-071-2204650.
E-mail: b.calcinai@univpm.it
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