Xestospongia muta
Creators: name: Rocha, Lívia
name: Moraes, Fernando
name: Salani, Sula
name: Hajdu, Eduardo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Haplosclerida
Petrosiidae
Xestospongia
Xestospongia muta

description: Xestospongia muta (Schmidt, 1870)   
(Fig. 1, 5–6; Tab. 6)  
 Xestospongia muta, De Laubenfels 1936: 70; Van Soest 1981: 21; Vacelet 1990: 29; Rützler et al., 2009: 289; Hajdu et al. 2011: 198; Moraes 2011: 187; Alcolado & Busutil 2012: 71; Moura et al. 2016: Supplementary Table; Pérez et al. 2017: 10; Van Soest 2017: 40.   
 Prianus sp., Hechtel 1976: 252.   
 Prianus grayi Hechtel, 1983 — Hechtel 1983: 64, fig. 4.   
 Xestospongia grayi, Mothes & Bastian 1993: 23; Santos et al. 2002b: 396; Moraes et al. 2006: 169.   
 Additional synonymy in Muricy et al. 2011: 106.   
 Studied material (24 specimens). Brazil, off Pará State, MNRJ 16585, Station AMZ-4 (1.31683º N, 46.83370º W, Amazon River Mouth), 55.9 m depth, Coll. R. Moura & N. Oliveira / R / V ‘ Atlantis’, 2012.7.25. Maranhão State: MNRJ 8722, Mar XV Stn 47 (1.33333º S, 43.56667º W), 62 m depth, Coll. N /Rb. ‘Victor Hensen’, 1990.11.10. Pernambuco State, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago: MNRJ 7924, Cagarras Fundas (3.80790º S, 32.39009º W, Rata Island), 20 m depth, Coll. G. Muricy, 2003.11.9; MNRJ 7770, Cagarras Fundas (3.80790º S, 32.39009º W, Rata Island), 18 m depth, Col. F. Moraes, 2003.11.13; MNRJ 7771, Cagarras Funda (3.80790º S, 32.39009º W, Rata Island), 22 m depth, Coll. E. Hajdu, 2003.11.13; MNRJ 7894, Cagarras Fundas (3.80790º S, 32.39009º W, Rata Island), 15 m depth, Col. G. Muricy, 2003.11.8; MNRJ 7897, Ponta das Caracas (3.87828º S, 32.42498º W, Fernando de Noronha Island), depth not recorded, Coll. F. Moraes, 2003.11.21; MNRJ 7950, Cagarras Rasa (3.80790º S, 32.39009º W, Rata Island), 20 m depth, Coll. G. Muricy, 2003.11.13; UFRJPOR 3920, precise locality not recorded, 40 m depth, Coll. G. Muricy, 1996.3.1; UFRJPOR 4779, Lage Dois Irmãos (3.84710º S, 32.45014º W, Fernando de Noronha Island), 15 m depth, Coll. G. Muricy, 1998.2.15. Bahia State (all from REVIZEE/ Central-SCORE, Coll. N /Rb. ‘Astro Garoupa’): MNRJ 3109, Station 15 R, Campaign 2 (18.02306º S, 35.89111º W, Hotspur Bank), 60 m depth, 1997.11.13; MNRJ 3392, D0404, Campaign BA-1, Sample 1C (17.13438º S, 36.80553º W, Rodger Bank), 39.2–65.2 m depth, 1999.6.6; MNRJ 3697 A, Station 10 R, Campaign 2 (17.08889º S, 36.75194º W, Rodger Bank), 50 m depth, 1997.11.14; MNRJ 4580, Station 14 R, Campaign 5 (17.80000º S, 35.87500º W, Hotspur Bank), 60 m depth, 2001.7.7; MNRJ 4783, Station 10 R, Campaign 5 (17.10306º S, 36.74111º W, Rodger Bank), 50 m depth, 2001.7.7. Bahia State: MNRJ 8319, Todos os Santos Bay, ‘Germânia’ Shipwreck (13.00861º S, 38.54389º W, Salvador), 5 m depth, Coll. E. Hajdu, 2004.6.3; MNRJ 13104, Boião (beacon signalling buoy) off Farol da Barra (13.00866º S, 38.54388º W, Salvador), 15.8 m depth, Coll. E. Hajdu & C. Castello-Branco, 2009.6.3. Off Espírito Santo State (all from REVIZEE/ Central-SCORE, Vitória-Trindade Seamounts chain, Coll. N /Rb. ‘Astro Garoupa’): MNRJ 4396, Station 23 R, Campaign 5 (20.48694º S, 36.10306º W, Jaseur Bank), 55 m depth, 2001.7.12; MNRJ 4407, Station 28 R, Campaign 5 (19.80806º S, 37.93889º W, Besnard Bank), 60 m depth, 2001.7.18; MNRJ 4900, Station 45 R, Campaign 5 (20.40119º S, 39.91655º W, off Vila Velha), 108 m depth, 2001.7.12; UFRJPOR 4394, Station C 61, Campaign 1 (20.50611º S, 37.31806º W, Congress Bank), 88 m depth, 1996.4.24; MNRJ 5891, Station 34 R, Campaign 5 (20.40194º S, 39.92306º W, off Vila Velha), 50 m depth, 2001.7.15. Off Rio de Janeiro State (all from Almirante Saldanha Seamount, Station Y 2, Campaign 6, REVIZEE/ Central-SCORE, 22.38194º S, 37.58806º W, 270 m depth, Coll. N / Rb. ‘ Astro Garoupa’, 2002.6.12): MNRJ 6011, 6090, 7223.   
 Comparative Material. Prianos grayi Hechtel, 1983, Holotype YPM 9008 (Brazil, Pernambuco State, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, 3.85000º S, 32.43333º W), Coll. J. Laborel, Schizolectotype MNRJ 14959. Xestospongia grayi — Mothes & Bastian (1993: 23), MCN 1327, Brazil, Pernambuco State, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Ponta da Sapata, 25 m depth, Coll. C. Castro & D.O. Pires, 1986.06.11.
description: Published as part of Rocha, Lívia, Moraes, Fernando, Salani, Sula & Hajdu, Eduardo, 2021, Taxonomy of Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980 (Haplosclerida, Porifera) from Brazil, pp. 251-287 in Zootaxa 5004 (2) on pages 274-275, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5677189