DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15857244
title: TABLE 1. Demospongiae Sollas, 1885 in Description of two new species of sponges (Demospongiae, Porifera) from the Nazca Desventuradas Marine Park and overview on diversity and biogeography of poriferans in oceanic islands of the SE Pacific

description: TABLE 1. Demospongiae Sollas, 1885 recorded in the Desventuradas Islands Archipelago (DI), Rapa Nui (RN) and Juan Fernández Archipelago (JF). Worldwide distribution of each species, consulted on the World Porifera Database (de Voogd et al. 2024). Species with an asterisk (*) are dubious records.
SpeciesDIRNJFSourceType localityWorldwide distribution (on WPD)Aplysilla lendenfeldi Thiele, 1905XThiele (1905)Juan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Asteropus ketostea (de Laubenfels, 1950) *XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Bermuda, Western AtlanticW Atlantic (Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda and North Carolina/USA) and Rapa NuiAsteropus simplex (Carter, 1879)XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Leeuwin (Perth), West AustraliaIndo-Pacific (widespread), Australia, New Zealand and Rapa NuiBatzella mollis Thiele, 1905XThiele (1905)Juan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Callyspongia fusifera (Thiele, 1905)XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)South ChilePatagonia (widespread) and Rapa NuiChalinula variabilis (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Acervochalina variabilisSouth ChilePatagonia (widespread) and Juan Fernández ArchipelagoClathria (Thalysias) membranacea (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905) and Desqueyroux (1972), both as Ophlitaspongia membranaceaJuan Fernández ArchipelagoPatagonia (widespread), Uruguay-Buenos Aires Shelf, South Georgia, Antarctic Peninsula and Juan Fernández ArchipelagoCrella (Pytheas) desventuradae Fernandez, Gastaldi, Zapata-Hernández & Hajdu, 2021XFernandez et al. (2021)Desventuradas IslandsDesventuradas Islands (provisionally endemic)Cribrochalina dura (Wilson, 1902) *XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Puerto Rico (Caribbean), Western AtlanticW Atlantic (Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas and Puerto Rico) and Rapa NuiEurypon unispiculum (Carter, 1880)XDesqueyroux (1972), as Aaptos unispiculusGulf of Mannar (South India)South India and Juan Fernandez ArchipelagoForcepia (Leptolabis) irritans (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Hymedesmia irritansJuan Fernández ArchipelagoTristan da Cunha-Gough Islands and Juan Fernández ArchipelagoGeodia amphistrongyla Lendenfeld, 1910XLendenfeld (1910)Rapa NuiRapa Nui (provisionally endemic)Haliclona agglutinata Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1990XDesqueyroux-Feúndez (1990)Rapa NuiRapa Nui (provisionally endemic)Haliclona macropora (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Reniera macroporaJuan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Haliclona nitens Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1990XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Rapa NuiRapa Nui (provisionally endemic)Haliclona rapanui (Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1990)XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990), as Reniera rapanuiRapa NuiRapa Nui (provisionally endemic)Haliclona translucida Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1990XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Rapa NuiRapa Nui (provisionally endemic)Haliclona (Rhizoniera) anceps (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Reniera ancepsJuan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Hemimycale smaragdina sp. nov.XPresent studyDesventuradas IslandsDesventuradas Islands (provisionally endemic)Hymeniacidon corticata (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Batzella corticataJuan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Hymeniacidon fernandezi Thiele, 1905XThiele (1905) and Desqueyroux (1972)Juan Fernández ArchipelagoPatagonia (widespread), Uruguay-Buenos Aires Shelf, South Georgia, Antarctic Peninsula and Juan Fernández ArchipelagoHyrtios arenosus (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Oligoceras arenosaJuan Fernández ArchipelagoSouth Georgia and Juan Fernández ArchipelagoHyrtios sororia (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Oligoceras sororiaJuan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Ircinia clavata (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905) and Desqueyroux (1972), both as Hircinia clavataJuan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Ircinia paupera (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Oligoceras pauperaJuan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) *XThiele (1905), as Hircinia variabilis hirsuta; and Desqueyroux (1972), as Hircinia variabilisAdriatic Sea (Western Mediterranean)Mediterranean (widespread), mid and Eastern Atlantic and Juan Fernández ArchipelagoIsodictya delicata (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Desmacidon delicataJuan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Mycale (Mycale) paschalis Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1990XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990), as Mycale paschalisRapa NuiRapa Nui (provisionally endemic)Phyllospongia papyracea (Esper, 1806)XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Eastern IndiaSouth Africa, Red Sea, Indo-Pacific (widespread), W Pacific (New Zealand and Melanesian) and Rapa NuiPione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) *XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990), as Cliona vastificaScotland (North Sea)Mediterranean Sea (widespread), eastern Atlantic (Azores Archipelago, Cape Verde and Sahelian Upwelling), western Atlantic (Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico (widespread), south Caribbean), Indo-Pacific (eastern Africa, India, Myanmar and eastern Australia), Hawaii and Rapa NuiPoecillastra maremontana Carvalho, Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Hajdu, 2011XCarvalho et al. (2011)Juan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Protosuberites epiphytoides (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Prosuberites epiphytoidesJuan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Pseudoceratina purpurea (Carter, 1880)XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990), as Psammaplysilla purpureaGulf of Mannar (South India)Indo-Pacific (widespread, including Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia Islands), Hawaii and Rapa NuiPseudosuberites hyalinus (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)Xvan Soest (2002a), as P. hyalinus; originally as Hymeniacidon hialina Ridley & Dendy, 1887South ChileSouth Chile, Patagonia (widespread), Antarctic (widespread), South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha-Gough Islands, Africa (south region), North Atlantic (east region), Mediterranean Sea (widespread) and Desventuradas Islands.Pseudosuberites sulcatus (Thiele, 1905)XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Tierra del Fuego/Strait of Magellan, (Patagonia)Panama (Caribbean), north Chile, Patagonia (widespread), Malvinas/Falklands Islands, Uruguay-Buenos Aires Shelf, South Georgia, Antarctic Peninsula, Kerguelen Islands, Campbell Islands, New Zealand and Rapa NuiPseudosuberites vakai Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1990XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Rapa NuiRapa Nui (provisionally endemic)Scalarispongia similis (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Cacospongia similisJuan Fernández ArchipelagoPanama (Pacific), Galapagos Islands, Uruguay-Buenos Aires Shelf and Juan Fernández ArchipelagoSpirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868 *XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Algeria (Western Mediterranean)Mediterranean Sea (widespread), eastern Atlantic (Azores Archipelago and Gulf of Guinea), western Atlantic (Bermuda, Bahamian, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, NE Brazil), Indo-Pacific (Madagascar, Sulawesi Sea, western Australia) and Rapa NuiSpongia (Heterofibria) nazcaensis sp. nov.XXPresent studyDesventuradas IslandsDesventuradas Islands and Rapa Nui (provisionally endemic)Spongia (Spongia) cerebralis Thiele, 1905XThiele (1905) and Desqueyroux (1972), both as Spongia cerebralisJuan Fernández ArchipelagoPatagonia (Argentina) and Juan Fernández ArchipelagoSpongia (Spongia) magellanica Thiele, 1905XDesqueyroux (1972), as Spongia magellanicaSouth ChilePatagonia (widespread), Uruguay-Buenos Aires Shelf, Malvinas/Falklands Islands, South Georgia and Juan Fernandez ArchipelagoSpongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868) *XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990), as Spongia virgultosaAlgeria (Western Mediterranean)Mediterranean Sea (widespread), eastern Atlantic (Azores Archipelago), western Atlantic (NE Brazil) and Rapa NuiSpongionella repens (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Spongelia repens; and Desqueyroux (1972), as Euryspongia repensJuan Fernández ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Strongylacidon platei (Thiele, 1905)XThiele (1905), as Desmacidon (?) plateiJuan Fernandez ArchipelagoJuan Fernández Archipelago (provisionally endemic)Tedania (Tedania) tepitootehenuaensis Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1990XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Rapa NuiRapa Nui (provisionally endemic)Tedaniphorbas ceratosus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)XRidley & Dendy (1886, 1887), as Amphilectus ceratosus; Thiele (1905) as Desmacidon ceratosaManning-Hawkesburry, Eastern AustraliaEastern Australia and Juan Fernandez ArchipelagoTethya deformis Thiele, 1898XDesqueyroux-Faúndez (1990)Japan (Central Kurushio Current)Japan, South Indonesia (Pacific), Kermadec Island and Rapa Nui
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description: Published as part of Fernandez, Julio C. C., Zapata-Hernández, Germán, Sellanes, Javier & Hajdu, Eduardo, 2025, Description of two new species of sponges (Demospongiae, Porifera) from the Nazca Desventuradas Marine Park and overview on diversity and biogeography of poriferans in oceanic islands of the SE Pacific, pp. 304-309 in Zootaxa 5659 (3) on page 304, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15823083