Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5318 No. 3: 20 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.4
Page range: 382-400
Abstract views: 335
PDF downloaded: 29

First records of Hamacantha species from seamounts off eastern Australia (Porifera, Demospongiae, Merliida), with description of four new species

Queensland Museum; PO Box 3300; South Brisbane 4101; Brisbane; Queensland; Australia; School of Biological Sciences; University of Queensland; St Lucia; Queensland; 4072 Australia; Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery; Griffith University; Brisbane 4111; Queensland; Australia
Queensland Museum; PO Box 3300; South Brisbane 4101; Brisbane; Queensland; Australia
Queensland Museum; PO Box 3300; South Brisbane 4101; Brisbane; Queensland; Australia
Porifera Demospongiae Merliida Hamacanthidae Hamacantha (Vomerula) seamounts southeast Australia new species

Abstract

Four new species of encrusting Hamacantha (Vomerula) are described from bathyal depths of seamounts off Queensland and Tasmania in southeast Australia (H. (V.) novacula sp. nov., H. (V.) melliflura sp. nov., H. (V.) ridleyi sp. nov., H. (V.) levii sp. nov.). A previously described species known only from New Caledonia (H. (V.) acerata Lévi, 1993) has also been redescribed. A tabular comparison of all known species of H. (Vomerula) is provided, bringing the number of known species in the subgenus to 26. This is also the first record of the genus Hamacantha from the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone.

 

References

  1. ABRS (2022) Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Australian Faunal Directory. Porifera. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Available from: https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA (accessed 28 March 2023)
  2. Bowerbank, J.S. (1864) A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Vol. 1. Ray Society, London, xx + 290, XXXVII pls. [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.56119 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.56119
  3. Bowerbank, J.S. (1874) A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Vol. 3. Ray Society, London, xvii + 367 pp., XCII pls. [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265]
  4. Calcinai, B., Moratti, V., Martinelli, M., Bavestrello, G. & Taviani, M. (2013) Uncommon sponges associated with deep coral bank and maerl habitats in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology, 80 (3), 412–423. https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2013.786763 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2013.786763
  5. Castello-Branco, C. & Hajdu, H. (2018) Two new Hamacantha (Vomerula) from the Rio Grande Rise (SW Atlantic) (Hamacanthidae, Porifera). Zootaxa, 4466 (1), 69–77. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.8
  6. Clark, M.R. & Roberts, C. (2008) Fish and invertebrate biodiversity on the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea (NORFANZ voyage, 2003). New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report. No. 28. Ministry of Fisheries Wellington, pp. 1–131. [https://fs.fish.govt.nz/Doc/22301/AEBR_28.pdf.ashx]
  7. Costello, M.J., Coll, M., Danovaro, R., Halpin, P., Ojaveer, H. & Miloslavich, P. (2010) A Census of Marine Biodiversity Knowledge, Resources, and Future Challenges. PLoS ONE, 5 (8), e12110. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012110 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012110
  8. Davis, R.E. (2005) Intermediate-Depth Circulation of the Indian and South Pacific Oceans Measured by Autonomous Floats. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 683–707. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO2702.1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO2702.1
  9. de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez, B., Boury-Esnault, N., Carballo, J.L., Cárdenas, P., Díaz, M.-C., Dohrmann, M., Downey, R., Goodwin, C., Hajdu, E., Hooper, J.N.A., Kelly, M., Klautau, M., Lim, S.C., Manconi, R., Morrow, C., Pinheiro, U., Pisera, A.B., Ríos, P., Rützler, K., Schönberg, C., Vacelet, J., van Soest, R.W.M. & Xavier, J. (2023) World Porifera Database. Available from: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera (accessed 28 March 2023) https://doi.org/10.14284/359
  10. Ekins, M., Erpenbeck, D. & Hooper, J.N.A. (2020a) Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition. Zootaxa, 4774 (1), 1–159. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4774.1.1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4774.1.1
  11. Ekins, M., Erpenbeck, D., Goudie, L. & Hooper, J.N.A. (2020b) New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight. Zootaxa, 4878 (2), 240–246. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.2
  12. Ekins, M., Horowitz, J., Beaman, R.J. & Hooper, J.N.A. (2021) A new carnivorous sponge (Porifera) from the Coral Sea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum—Nature, 62, 205–215. https://doi.org/10.17082/J.2204-1478.62.2021.2020-06 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17082/J.2204-1478.62.2021.2020-06
  13. Grant, R.E. (1836). Animal Kingdom. In: Todd, R.B. (Ed.), The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Vol. 1. Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, London, pp. 1–813.
  14. Gray, J.E. (1867) Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1867 (2), 492–558, pls. XXVII–XXVIII. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93424#page/514/mode/1up]
  15. Gray, J.E. (1872) Notes on the classification of the sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4, 9, 442–461. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937208696616 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937208696616
  16. Hajdu, E. (1994) A phylogenetic interpretation of hamacanthids (Demospongiae, Porifera), with the redescription of Hamacantha popana. Journal of Zoology, 232 (1), 61–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1994.tb01559.x DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1994.tb01559.x
  17. Hajdu, E. (2002) Family Hamacanthidae Gray, 1872. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.), Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 1. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow, pp. 665–668. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_72 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_72
  18. Hajdu, E., Hooker, Y. & Willenz, P. (2015) New Hamacantha from Peru and resurrection of Zygherpe as subgenus (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Hamacanthidae). Zootaxa, 3926 (1), 87–99. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3926.1.3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3926.1.3
  19. Hentschel, E. (1914) Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 15 (1), 35–141, pls. IV–VIII.
  20. Ise, Y., Woo, S.P., Tan, S.H. & Fujita, T. (2019) First record of Hamacantha (Porifera, Demospongiae, Merliida, Hamacanthidae) from Japan, with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4657 (3), 474–482. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4657.3.3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4657.3.3
  21. Laubenfels, M.W. de (1932) The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 81 (2927), 1–140. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1
  22. Laubenfels, M.W. de (1935) Some Sponges of Lower California (Mexico). American Museum Novitates, 779, 1–14.
  23. Lehnert, H. & Stone, R.P. (2016) A comprehensive inventory of the Gulf of Alaska sponge fauna with the description of two new species and geographic range extensions. Zootaxa, 4144 (3), 365–382. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.5 DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.5
  24. Léví, C. (1993) Porifera Demospongiae: Spongiaires bathyaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie, récoltés par le ‘Jean Charcot’. Campagne BIOCAL, 1985. In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 11. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire, A (Zoologie), 158, pp. 9–87.
  25. Lopes, D.A. & Hajdu, E. (2004) Two new Mycalina from the south-eastern Brazilian shelf and slope collected by Programme REVIZEE (Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84 (1), 25–28. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404008860h DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404008860h
  26. Lundbeck, W. (1902) Porifera. (Part I.) Homorrhaphidae and Heterorrhaphidae. In: The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6 (1). Bianco, Luno, Copenhagen, pp. 1–108, pls. I–XIX, 1 map.
  27. Morrow, C. & Cárdenas, P. (2015) Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology, 12, 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-015-0099-8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-015-0099-8
  28. O’Hara, T.D., Williams, A., Ahyong, S.T., Alderslade, P., Alvestad, T., Bray, D., Burghardt, I. Budaeva, N., Criscione, F., Crowther, A.L., Ekins, M., Eléaume, M., Farrelly, C.A., Finn, J.K., Georgieva, M.N., Graham, A., Gomon, M., Gowlett-Holmes, K., Gunton, L.M., Hallan, A, Hosie, A.M., Hutchings, P., Kise, H., Köhler, F., Konsgrud, J.A., Kupriyanova, E., Lu, C.C., Mackenzie, M., Mah, C., MacIntosh, H., Merrin, K.L., Miskelly, A., Mitchell, M.L., Moore, K., Murray, A., O’Loughlin, P.M., Paxton, H., Pogonoski, J.J., Staples, D., Watson, J.E., Wilson, R.S., Zhang, J. & Bax, N.J. (2020) The lower bathyal and abyssal seafloor fauna of eastern Australia. Marine Biodiversity Records, 13, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-020-00194-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-020-00194-1
  29. Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1978) Report on a Collection of Sponges from the Bay of Naples. III Hadromerida, Axinellida, Poecilosclerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell’Universitá di Genova, 45, 7–89.
  30. Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. (1886) Preliminary report of the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 5, 18, 325–351+ 470–493. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459998
  31. Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. (1887) Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology, 20 (Part 59), i–lxviii + 1–275, pl. 1–51, 1 map. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29185#page/13/mode/1up]
  32. Roberts, E.M., Bowers, D.G., Meyer, H.K., Samuelsen, A., Rapp, H.T. & Cárdenas, P. (2021) Water masses constrain the distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic Ocean and Nordic Seas. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 659, 75–96. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13570 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13570
  33. Schmidt, O. (1880) Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). In: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake’. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 33–90, pls. V–X.
  34. Sollas, W.J. (1885) A Classification of the Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 5, 16 (95), 395. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459901 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938509459901
  35. Tilburg, C.E., Hurlburt, H.E., O’Brien, J.J. & Shriver, J.F. (2001) The dynamics of the East Australia Current System: The Tasman Front, the East Auckland Current and the East Cape Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31, 2917–2943. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031%3C2917:TDOTEA%3E2.0.CO;2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2917:TDOTEA>2.0.CO;2
  36. Tomczak, M. & Godfrey, J. (2003) Regional Oceanography: An introduction. 2nd Edition. Daya Publishing House, Delhi, 390 pp.
  37. Topsent, E. (1896) Campagnes du Yacht Princesse Alice. Sur deux curieuses Espérellines des Açores. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 21, 147–150. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22226#page/175/mode/1up]
  38. Topsent, E. (1904) Spongiaires des Açores. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies par le Prince Albert I, Monaco, 25, 1–280. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.61852 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.61852
  39. Topsent, E. (1920) Spongiaires du Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg. Monaxonides. Bulletin de l’Institut océanographique Monaco, 381, 1–36. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/163267#page/341/mode/1up]
  40. Vacelet, J. (1979) Descriptions and affinities of a current sphinctozoan sponge. In: Lévi C. & Boury-Esnault, N. (Eds.), Biology of Sponges. Sponge Biology. Vol. 291. International Colloquiums of the National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, pp. 483–493.
  41. Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885) The Sponges of the ‘Willem Barents’ Expedition 1880 and 1881. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 12 (3), 1–47, pls. I–V. [https://brill.com/view/journals/btd/12/1/btd.12.issue-1.xml] https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-01201001 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-01201001
  42. Williams, A., Gowlett-Holmes, K. & Althaus, F. (2006) Biodiversity survey of seamounts & slopes of the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Rise: final report to the Department of the Environment and Heritage (National Oceans Office). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, 378 pp. [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3791550]
  43. Wilson, H.V. (1925) Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross’ during the Philippine Expedition,1907–10. In: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 100 (2), Part 4, pp. 273–532, pls. 37–52.