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. 2013 Sep 27;(336):1–37. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.336.5139

Table 1.

List of Demospongiae and Homoscleromorpha species living outside and inside the coralligenous blocks (SSS: Santo Stefano Shoals, station 1; GI: Gallinara Island, station 2-3; PF: Punta del Faro, station 4-5; PM: Punta Manara, station 6; * new finding for the coralligenous concretion; ** new finding for the Ligurian Sea; *** new finding for the Italian sponge fauna).

Species \ Sites SSS GI PF PM Epilithic Endolithic
Oscarella lobularis (Schmidt, 1862) + + +
Plakina trilopha Schulze, 1880 + + +
Plakinastrella copiosa Schulze, 1880 + +
Plakortis simplex Schulze, 1880 + + +
Samus anonymus Gray, 1867 + + +
Stelletta grubii Schmidt, 1862 + +
Stelletta lactea Carter, 1871 * + +
Stelletta stellata Topsent, 1893 * + +
Jaspis incrustans Topsent, 1890 ** + + + +
Jaspis johnstoni (Schmidt, 1862) + + + + + +
Penares euastrum (Schmidt, 1868) + + + + +
Dercitus (Stoeba) plicatus (Schmidt, 1868) + + + + + +
Pachastrissa sp. + +
Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) + + + +
Geodia conchilega Schmidt, 1862 + + + + +
Geodia cydonium Schmidt, 1862 + + + +
Pachastrella monilifera Schmidt, 1868 + + +
Poecillastra compressa (Bowerbank, 1866) + + + +
Triptolemma simplex (Sarà, 1959) + + + + +
Cliona burtoni Topsent, 1932 *, ** + +
Cliona celata Grant, 1826 + + + + +
Cliona janitrix Topsent, 1932 + + + + + +
Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881) + + +
Cliona viridis Schmidt, 1862 + + + + +
Cliona sp. + + +
Dotona pulchella mediterranea Rossell & Uriz, 2002 + +
Spiroxya corallophila (Calcinai et al., 2002) + +
Spiroxya heteroclita Topsent, 1896 + + + + +
Spiroxya sarai Melone, 1965 + + +
Delectona ciconiae Bavestrello, Calcinai & Sarà, 1996 + +
Delectona sp. + + +
Paratimea oxeata Pulitzer-Finali, 1978 *, **, *** + +
Polymastia sp. + + +
Diplastrella bistellata (Schmidt, 1862) + + + + +
Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) + + + +
Prosuberites longispinus Topsent, 1893 + +
Pseudosuberites sulphureus (Bowerbank, 1866) + + +
Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842) + +
Suberites domuncula (Olivi, 1792) + +
Suberites sp. + + +
Terpios gelatinosa (Bowerbank, 1866) + + +
Timea stellata (Bowerbank, 1866) + + + + +
Timea unistellata (Topsent, 1892) + + + +
Chondrosia reniformis Nardo, 1847 + + + +
Acarnus souriei Levi, 1952 *, ** + +
Acarnus sp. + +
Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1866) *, ** + +
Clathria (Microciona) atrasanguinea (Bowerbank, 1862) + + +
Clathria (Microciona) gradalis Topsent, 1925 + +
Clathria (Microciona) haplotoxa (Topsent, 1928) *, **, *** + +
Clathria (Microciona) toxistyla (Sarà, 1959) + +
Clathria (Microciona) toxivaria (Sarà, 1959) + +
Clathria (Microciona) sp. + + +
Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864) + +
Eurypon cf. cinctum Sarà, 1960 + + +
Eurypon clavatum (Bowerbank, 1866) + + + + +
Eurypon coronula (Bowerbank, 1874) ** + +
Eurypon denisae Vacelet, 1969 *, ** + +
Eurypon gracilis sp. n. Bertolino, Calcinai & Pansini + + +
Eurypon major Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 + + + + +
Eurypon topsenti Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 + + +
Eurypon vesciculare Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 + + + + +
Eurypon sp. + + + + +
Raspaciona aculeata (Johnston, 1842) + +
Raspaciona sp. + +
Forcepia (Leptolabis) brunnea (Topsent, 1904) ** + + +
Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) isodictyalis (Carter, 1882) + +
Lissodendoryx (Anomodoryx) cavernosa (Topsent, 1892) + + + + +
Crambe crambe (Schmidt, 1862) + + + +
Crella (Crella) elegans (Schmidt, 1862) + +
Crella (Crella) mollior Topsent, 1925 + +
Crella (Grayella) pulvinar (Schmidt, 1868) + + + + +
Hemimycale columella (Bowerbank, 1864) + +
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) baculifera Topsent, 1901 * + + +
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rissoi Topsent, 1936 + + + +
Hymedesmia sp. + + +
Hymedesmia (Stylopus) coriacea (Fristedt, 1866) + + + +
Phorbas fictitius Bowerbank, 1866 + + + +
Phorbas mercator (Schmidt, 1868) * + +
Phorbas lieberkuhni (Burton, 1930) + +
Phorbas tenacior (Topsent, 1925) + + + + +
Phorbas sp. + + +
Plocamionida ambigua (Bowerbank, 1866) * + + + + +
Tedania (Tedania) anhelans (Lieberkühn, 1859) + +
Mycale (Aegogropila) tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) * + +
Mycale (Paresperella) serrulata Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 **, *** + +
Merlia normani Kirkpatrick, 1908 * + +
Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794) + + + + +
Axinella polypoides Schmidt, 1862 + +
Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794) + + +
Phakellia sp. + +
Bubaris carcisis Vacelet, 1969 + + + +
Bubaris vermiculata (Bowerbank, 1866) + +
Hymerhabdia oxytrunca Topsent, 1904 + +
Hymerhabdia typica Topsent, 1892 * + +
Hymerhabdia sp. + +
Halicnemia geniculata Sarà, 1958 *, ** + +
Halicnemia patera Bowerbank, 1864 + +
Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862 + + + + +
Dictyonella incisa (Schmidt, 1880) + + + + +
Dictyonella marsilii (Topsent, 1893) + +
Dictyonella pelligera (Schmidt, 1862) + + + +
Dictyonella sp. + +
Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta Sarà, 1961 + + +
Halichondria (Halichondria) cf. convolvens Sarà, 1960 + +
Halichondria (Halichondria) genitrix Schmidt, 1862 + + +
Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea Pallas, 1766 + + +
Halichondria sp. + + +
Agelas oroides Schmidt, 1864 + + + +
Dendroxea lenis (Topsent, 1892) + + + +
Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) + + + +
Haliclona (Gellius) marismedi (Pulitzer-Finali, 1978) *, ** + + + +
Haliclona (Halichoclona) fulva (Topsent, 1893) + + + + +
Haliclona (Halichoclona) parietalis (Topsent, 1893) + + +
Haliclona (Haliclona) sp. + + +
Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea Grant, 1826 + +
Haliclona (Reniera) citrina (Topsent, 1892) + + +
Haliclona (Reniera) sp. + + + +
Haliclona (Soestella) arenata Griessinger, 1971 + +
Haliclona (Soestella) mucosa (Griessinger, 1971) + +
Haliclona sp. + +
Siphonodictyon insidiosum (Johnson, 1899) + + + + + +
Petrosia (Petrosia) clavata (Esper, 1794) + + + +
Petrosia (Petrosia) ficiformis (Poiret, 1798) + + + + +
Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) + + + + + +
Sarcotragus spinosulus Schmidt, 1862 + + + + + +
Cacospongia mollior Schmidt, 1862 + +
Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 + +
Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868) + + + + + +
Dysidea avara (Schmidt, 1862) + + + +
Dysidea sp. + +
Pleraplysilla spinifera (Schulze, 1879) + + + +
Aplysina cavernicola Vacelet, 1959 + +
Total number of species 61 70 71 61 103 63