Calcareous Sponges

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Habitus (a) and SEM cross sections (b-d)

ZMA Por. 08073 from Sumbawa, Indonesia

detail of skeleton

Holotype ZMA Por. 13145 (preserved), from Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Holotype RMNH Por. 1696 from Kakaban Island, Indonesia (photo N.J. de Voogd)

Summerstrand, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pantai Liang, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Kasawari, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

See here for index to numbers. Ascandra pinus (Haeckel) = Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1818), habitus Ascandra sertularia (Haeckel) = Leucosolenia sertularia (Haeckel, 1872), habitus Ascilla gracilis (Haeckel) = Guancha gracilis (Haeckel, 1872), habitus Syculmis synapta (Haeckel) = Amphoriscus synapta (Schmidt in Haeckel, 1872), rooting spicule (genus Amphoriscus) Syculmis synapta (Haeckel) = Amphoriscus synapta (Schmidt in Haeckel, 1872), rooting spicule (genus Amphoriscus) Sycurus primitivus (Haeckel) = Sycettaga primitiva (Haeckel, 1872), habitus (cut open) (genus Sycettaga) Sycodendron ampulla (Haeckel) = Sycon ampulla (Haeckel, 1870), habitus (genus Sycon) Sycarium elegans (Haeckel) = Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845), habitus (cut open) (genus Sycon) Sycortis quadrangulata (Haeckel) = Sycon quadrangulatum (Schmidt, 1868), lengthwise section of body wall (genus Sycon) Sycandra compressa (Haeckel) = Grantia compressa (Fabricius, 1780), skeleton of wall tube Sycarium elegans (Haeckel) = Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845), lengthwise section of body wall (genus Sycon) Sycaltis perforata (Haeckel) = Amphoriscus perforatus (Haeckel, 1872), lengthwise section of body wall (genus Amphoriscus) Sycetta strobilus (Haeckel) = Grantia strobilus (Haeckel, 1872), habitus (genus Grantia)

Summary[edit] Description: English: Ecteinascidia herdmani (Lahille, 1887), Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1818), Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804), Polysyncraton bilobatum Lafargue, 1968 - Banyuls-sur-Mer : 07/89. Date: 18 December 2013, 21:43:29. Source: Own work. Author: Géry PARENT.

Une éponge, possiblement du genre Ascandra à la Réunion.

Sycon ciliatum (à confirmer) à la Réunion.

Summary[edit] Description: English: Smitswinkel Bay, Cape Peninsula. Date: 2006. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.

Summary[edit] Description: English: Raphidonema sp. from England, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Date: 23 July 2015. Source: Own work. Author: Hectonichus.