Boring Sponges from Ha Long Bay, Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam
Barbara Calcinai, Francesca Azzini, Giorgio Bavestrello, Carlo Cerrano, Maurizio Pansini, and Do-Cong Thung (2006) During 4 surveys performed from 2002 to 2004, 9 species of boring sponges were recorded from Ha Long Bay, on the northern coast of Vietnam: Cliona aurivilli (Lindgren 1897), C. celata Grant, 1826, C. orientalis Thiele, 1900, Cliothosa hancocki (Topsent 1888), Pione carpenteri (Hancock 1826), Spirastrella decumbens Ridley, 1884, S. solida Ridley and Dendy, 1886, S. tentorioides Dendy, 1905, and Aka mucosa (Bergquist 1965). Cliona orientalis, P. carpenteri, S. decumbens, S. tentorioides Dendy 1905, and A. mucosa are new records from the Tonkin Gulf, whereas all the other species are already known from Vietnam.
Keywords
Cliona, Pione, Spirastrella, Aka, Porifera.
