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Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist


Sponges

Sponges are permanently attached to the substrate. Due to their internal system composed of pores, canals, and chambers, their bodies circulate water with dissolved organic material or plankton that is assimilated by the animal.

Authors: Angel Chiriboga, Diego Ruiz, Stuart Banks.

Other Contributors: Margarita Brandt, Rodrigo Bustamante, Graham Edgar, José Miguel Fariña, Peter Glynn, Alex Hearn, Cleveland Hickman, Fernando Pinillos, Fernando Rivera, Franz Smith, Mariana Vera, Luis Vinueza.

Names of taxa included: 8 total (7 accepted, 1 unidentified taxon).

Porifera Species Checklist

Domain Eukaryota

Kingdom Animalia

Division Porifera

Class Calcarea

Order Clathrinida

Family Clathrinidae

Genus Clathrina

Clathrina sp.  

Class Demospongiae

Order Dendroceratida

Family Darwinellidae

Genus Aplysilla

Aplysilla sulphurea  Schulze, 1878

Order Hadromerida

Family Clionidae

Genus Cliona

Cliona chilensis  Thiele, 1905

Family Tethyidae

Genus Tethya

Tethya sarai  Gill, 1862

Tethya strongylata  Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000

Order Homosclerophorida

Family Plakinidae

Genus Plakortis

Plakortis galapagensis  Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997

Order Poecilosclerida

Family Raspailiidae

Subfamily Raspailiinae

Genus Raspailia

Raspailia galapagensis  (Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997)

Family Tedaniidae

Genus Tedania

Tedania galapagensis  Gill, 1862

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This list should be cited as follows:

Chiriboga, A., Ruiz, D., Banks, S. (2011). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Sponges - FCD Lista de especies de Esponjas de Galápagos. In: Bungartz, F., Herrera, H., Jaramillo, P., Tirado, N., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Ruiz, D., Guézou, A. & Ziemmeck, F. (eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist - Lista de Especies de Galápagos de la Fundación Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin Foundation / Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/marine-invertebrates/porifera/ Last updated 13 Apr 2011.