Table 3. Taxonomical composition and distribution of Black Sea sponge fauna.
Numbers refer to the references given at the bottom of this table.
| Sponge taxon | Sponge distribution in Black Sea | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | Bulgaria | Turkey | Georgia | Russia | Ukraine NW | Crimea | Crimea caves | |
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Class Calcarea Subclass Calcaronea Order Leucosolenida Family Sycettidae |
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| Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) | 1, 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4, 26 | |||
| Sycon setosum Schmidt, 1862 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| Sycon tuba Lendenfeld, 1891 | 2 | |||||||
| Sycon cf. vigilans Sarà & Gaino, 1971 | 28 | Unpubl | ||||||
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Class Demospongiae Order Tetractinellida Family Geodiidae |
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| Geodia stellosa Czerniavsky, 1880 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5, 9 | ||||
| Stelletta sp. | 29 | |||||||
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Order Suberitida Family Suberitidae |
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| Suberites domuncula (Olivi, 1792) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8, 9 | 9, 10 | ||
| Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842) | 1, 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Protosuberites brevispinus (de Laubenfels, 1951) | 1, 25 | |||||||
| Protosuberites denhartogi van Soest & de Kluijver, 2003 | 27a | |||||||
| Protosuberites mereui Manconi, 2016 | Unpubl | Unpubl | Unpubl | |||||
| Protosuberites prototypus Swartschewsky, 1905 | 1, 6 | 9 | 8 | 8, 10 | 7 | |||
| Family Halichondriidae | ||||||||
| Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766) | 1 | 1, 22 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Halichondria bowerbanki Burton, 1930 | 27a | |||||||
| Halichondria (Halichondria) foraminosa (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Halichondria (Halichondria) longispicula (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Halichondria (Halichondria) pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | 9 | 10 | |||||
| Hymeniacidon luxurians (Lieberkühn, 1859) | 10 | |||||||
| Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1818) | 18, 22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Order Clionaida | ||||||||
| Family Clionaidae | ||||||||
| Pione cf. vastifica (Hancock, 1849) | 1, 6 | 1, 27a | 9 | 11 | 9, 10 | 7 | ||
| Cliona lobata Hancock, 1849 | 1, 6 | |||||||
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Order Poecilosclerida Family Mycalidae |
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| Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4, 9 | |||
| Mycale (Aegogropila) dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Mycale (Aegogropila) syrinx (Schmidt, 1862) | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4, 26 | |||
| Mycale stepanovii (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Mycale lobimana (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Mycale jophon (Swartschewsky, 1905) | 10 | |||||||
| Mycale muscoides (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 8 | 8, 9, 10 | ||||||
| Mycale (Mycale) simplex (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Family Myxillidae | ||||||||
| Myxilla (Myxilla) swartschewskii Burton, 1930 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Family Tedaniidae | ||||||||
| Tedania (Tedania) anhelans (Olivi, 1792) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Family Coelosphaeridae | ||||||||
| Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) variisclera (Swartschewsky, 1905) | 1, 6 | 24 | 6 | 8, 9 | ||||
| Family Crellidae | ||||||||
| Crella (Crella) elegans (Schmidt, 1862) | 10, 26 | |||||||
| Crella (Yvesia) gracilis (Alander, 1942) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Family Hymedesmiidae | ||||||||
| Hymedesmia (Stylopus) coriacea (Fristedt, 1885) | 8 | 8 | 8, 10 | |||||
| Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pansa Bowerbank, 1882 | 17 | |||||||
| Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) veneta (Schmidt, 1862) | 10 | |||||||
| Family Microcionidae | ||||||||
| Clathria (Microciona) cleistochela (Topsent, 1925) | 12 | 1, 27a | 13 | |||||
| Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864) | 9 | |||||||
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Order Haplosclerida Family Chalinidae |
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| Chalinula limbata (Montagu, 1818) | 1 | |||||||
| Chalinula renieroides Schmidt, 1868 | 17 | |||||||
| Haliclona alba (Schmidt, 1862) | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Haliclona albapontica (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Haliclona boutschinskii (Kudelin, 1910) | 14 | |||||||
| Haliclona cribrosa (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Haliclona curiosa (Swartschewsky, 1905) | 10 | |||||||
| Haliclona cylindrigera (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Haliclona densa (Lendenfeld, 1887) | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 10 | |||||
| Haliclona flavescens (Topsent, 1893) | 1 | 1, 19, 25 | 4 | 8 | 7 | |||
| Haliclona foraminosa (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Haliclona (Halichoclona) fulva (Topsent, 1893) | 17 | |||||||
| Haliclona gracilis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) | 1, 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Haliclona inflata var. taurica (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9, 10 | |||||||
| Haliclona informis var. taurica (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 1 | 9 | 9, 10, 26 | |||||
| Haliclona irregularis (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| Haliclona odessana (Kudelin, 1910) | 14 | |||||||
| Haliclona palmata (sensu Lieberkühn, 1859) | 9 | 9, 10 | ||||||
| Haliclona nigricans (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Haliclona pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 8 | 9 | ||||||
| Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) | 17 | |||||||
| Haliclona schmidti (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Haliclona transitans (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | |||||||
| Haliclona tubulifera (Swartschewsky, 1905) | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) | 6 | 6 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) | 1 | 6 | 26 | |||||
| Haliclona (Reniera) aquaeductus var. taurica (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Haliclona (Reniera) cratera (Schmidt, 1862) | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| Haliclona (Rhizoniera) grossa (Schmidt, 1864) | 6 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Haliclona (Soestella) implexa (Schmidt, 1868) | 1, 6 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ||||
| Haliclona sp.1 | 27a | |||||||
| Haliclona sp.2 | 27a | |||||||
| Haliclona sp.3 | 27a | |||||||
| Haliclona sp.4(2) | 7 | |||||||
| Family Petrosiidae | ||||||||
| Petrosia (Petrosia) clavata (Esper, 1794) | 26 | |||||||
| Petrosia coriacea Swartschewsky, 1905 | 10 | |||||||
| Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1789) | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
| Petrosia (Petrosia) intermedia (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | 9, 10 | ||||||
| Family Phloeodictyidae | ||||||||
| Oceanapia ascidia (Schmidt, 1870) | 6 | 6 | 5, 10 | |||||
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Order Dictyoceratida Family Dysideidae |
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| Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1818) | 1,6 | 1, 20, 21, 23, 25 | 2 | 6 | 8, 26 | 7 | ||
| Dysidea elegans var. pontica (Czerniavsky, 1880) | 9 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| Dysidea avara (Schmidt, 1862) | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Dysidea incrustans (Schmidt, 1862) | 27a | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Dysidea pallescens (Schmidt, 1862) | 9 | |||||||
| Family Irciniidae | ||||||||
| Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) | 17 | |||||||
| Family Spongiidae | ||||||||
| Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
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Order Chondrillida Family Halisarcidae |
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| Halisarca dujardini Johnston, 1842 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||||
Notes.
1, Gomoiu & Skolka, 1998; 2, Topaloğlu & Evcen, 2014; 3, Terentiev, 1998; 4, Kaminskaya, 1968; 5, Kiseleva & Kostenko, 2004; 6, Bačescu, Muller & Gomoiu, 1971; 7, Ereskovsky, Kovtun & Pronin, 2016; 8, Kaminskaya, 1961; 9, Czerniavsky, 1880; 10, Swartschewsky, 1905; 11, Kaminskaya, 1967; 12, Skolka & Gomoiu, 2004; 13, Ereskovsky & Kovtun, 2013; 14, Kudelin, 1910; 15, Kaminskaya, 1966; 16, Begun, Teacă & Gomoiu, 2010; 17, Evcen et al., 2016; 18, Christie et al., 1994; 19, Elenkov, Popov & Andreev, 1999; 20, Christie et al., 1992; 21, De Rosa et al., 2000; 22, Elenkov, Popov & Andreev, 1999; 23, Elenkov et al., 1994; 24, Elenkov et al., 1996; 25, Laubenfels, 1951; 26, Galtsoff, 1923; 27, this work; 28, F Azevedo, pers. comm., 2017; 29, P Cardenas, pers. comm., 2017.
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Sponges from the caves of Bulgaria.