Clathria (Thalysias) venosa
Creators: name: Ugalde, Diana
name: Fernandez, Julio C. C.
name: Gómez, Patricia
name: Lôbo-Hajdu, Gisele
name: Simões, Nuno
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Poecilosclerida
Microcionidae
Clathria
Clathria venosa

description: <i>Clathria</i> (<i>Thalysias</i>) <i>venosa</i> (Alcolado, 1984) Tables 6, 7; Figs. 43A–H, 45J <b>Synonymy and references:</b> <i>Microciona venosa</i> Alcolado (1984: 6), Hooper (1996: 411), and Gómez (2014: 70); <i>Clathria venosa</i>, Hajdu <i>et al.</i> (2011: 136), Pérez <i>et al.</i> (2017: 11); <i>Clathria</i> (<i>Thalysias</i>) <i>venosa</i>: Hooper (1996: 411), Rützler <i>et al.</i> (2014: 62), and Gómez (2014: 70). <b>Type locality.</b> Caribbean, Cuba. <b>Material examined.</b> CNPGG-2404, Hornos reef (19.19083°N, 96.11777°W), 3 m depth, coll. Diana Ugalde, 27 August 2018; CNPGG-2410, Isla Verde reef (19.19844°N, 96.06863°W), 3.5 m depth, coll. Diana Ugalde, 28 August 2018; CNPGG-2445, Isla Verde reef (19.20588°N, 96.07305°W), 7.8 m depth, coll. Diana Ugalde, 31 August 2018. <b>Distribution.</b> Mexico (Gómez 2014; current records), Cuba (Alcolado 1984), other countries in the Caribbean Sea, Brazil (Zea <i>et al.</i> 2014). <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Clathria</i> (<i>T.</i>) <i>venosa</i> is distinguished by its encrusting habit, with a stellate venous pattern at surface flowing to oscules; its color is pink, greyish, and whitish to cinnamon. <i>C.</i> (<i>T.</i>) <i>venosa</i> has been recorded and described for the southern (Gómez 2014) and the northern GoM (Zea <i>et al.</i> 2014). The species abundance has been shown to be positively correlated with urban organic pollution on coral reefs, exhibiting a significant exponential relation with the pollution degree (Busutil &amp; Alcolado 2012).
description: Published as part of <i>Ugalde, Diana, Fernandez, Julio C. C., Gómez, Patricia, Lôbo-Hajdu, Gisele &amp; Simões, Nuno, 2021, An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern Gulf of Mexico coral reefs, pp. 1-112 in Zootaxa 5031 (1)</i> on page 49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5031.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5454380
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