Decapoda - Stenopodidea - Spongicolidae - Spongicola

Spongicola goyi Saito & Komai, 2008



World Distribution
Saito & Komai (2008, Zoosystema: 110) - Japan, Indonesia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu, 315-1060 m
(Schnabel et al., 2021, MDPI, Diversity) - Japan, Indonesia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Australia, Madagascar, and now northern New Zealand; 315–1184 m

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 315-1184 m

Réunion data
Spongicola goyi - Goy, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 279 - Réunion island. MD32 Stn DS180, 21°08’S, 55°13’E, 650-675 m, 08 Sep. 1982, female (MNHN-IU-2018-5866).

New Caledonia data
Spongicola goyi - Saito & Komai (2008, Zoosystema: 107) - TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: MUSORSTOM 4, stn CP 217, 850 m, 22°03.60’S, 167°27.00’E, 29.IX.1985, ovig. F 6.3 mm (MNHN-Na 11986a). Paratypes: same data as holotype, 1 M 6.5 mm (MNHNNa 11986b). BATHUS 4, stn CP 892, 21°01.71’S, 164°27.32’E, 580-600 m, 2.VIII.1994, 1 F 3.7 mm (MNHN-Na 16294). HALIPRO 2, stn BT 15, Mount K, Norfolk, Ridge, 24°36.28’S, 170°03.85’E, 900-1005 m, 8.XI.1996, 1 M 6.8 mm (MNHN-Na 16295). — Stn BT 94, Mount Stylaster, 23°36.97’S, 167°41.66’E, 448-880 m, 24.XI.1996, 3 MM 4.8-6.2 mm, 1 F 4.7 mm, 2 ovig. ?? 5.3, 7.9 mm (MNHN-Na 16296). New Caledonia. BATHUS 3, stn DW 776, 24°44.24’S, 170°08.01’E, 770-830 m, 24.XI.1993, 1 ovig. F 4.2 mm, 2 ?F 4.3, 4.6 mm (MNHN-Na 16300). — Stn DW 778, 24°43.49’S, 170°07.07’E, 750-760 m, 24.XI.1993, 1 M 4.6 mm, 1 ovig. F 6.0 mm (MNHN-Na 16301). HALIPRO 2, stn BT 01, Norfolk Ridge, 23°04.34’S, 167°43.13’E, 724-738 m, 5.XI.1996, 1 M 7.0 mm (MNHN-Na 16302). — Stn BT 28, Mount South, Norfolk Ridge, 25°23.65’S, 170°29.86’E, 960-1011 m, 11.XI.1996, 2 MM 6.8, 7.2 mm, 2 ovig. ?F 7.4, 7.5 mm (MNHN-Na 16303). — Stn BT 83, Mount Jumeau E, Norfolk Ridge, 23°38.95’S, 168°15.79’E, 820-1060 m, 22.XI.1996, 1 M 6.1 mm, 1 ovig. F 6.4 mm (MNHN-Na 16304). — Stn BT 93, Mount Stylaster, 23°37.28’S, 167°39.37’E, 486-962 m, 24.XI.1996, 1 M 8.8 mm (MNHN-Na 16305). EBISCO, stn CP 2644, South Lansdowne, 20°54.0’S, 160°59.0’E, 600-625 m, 22.X.2005, 1 ovig. F 4.2 mm (MNHN-Na 16353). New Caledonia. BATHUS 3, stn DW 776, 24°44.24’S, 170°08.01’E, 770-830 m, 24.XI.1993, 1 ovig. F 4.2 mm, 2 ?F 4.3, 4.6 mm (MNHN-Na 16300). — Stn DW 778, 24°43.49’S, 170°07.07’E, 750-760 m, 24.XI.1993, 1 M 4.6 mm, 1 ovig. F 6.0 mm (MNHN-Na 16301). HALIPRO 2, stn BT 01, Norfolk Ridge, 23°04.34’S, 167°43.13’E, 724-738 m, 5.XI.1996, 1 M 7.0 mm (MNHN-Na 16302). — Stn BT 28, Mount South, Norfolk Ridge, 25°23.65’S, 170°29.86’E, 960-1011 m, 11.XI.1996, 2 MM 6.8, 7.2 mm, 2 ovig. ?F 7.4, 7.5 mm (MNHN-Na 16303). — Stn BT 83, Mount Jumeau E, Norfolk Ridge, 23°38.95’S, 168°15.79’E, 820-1060 m, 22.XI.1996, 1 M 6.1 mm, 1 ovig. F 6.4 mm (MNHN-Na 16304). — Stn BT 93, Mount Stylaster, 23°37.28’S, 167°39.37’E, 486-962 m, 24.XI.1996, 1 M 8.8 mm (MNHN-Na 16305). EBISCO, stn CP 2644, South Lansdowne, 20°54.0’S, 160°59.0’E, 600-625 m, 22.X.2005, 1 ovig. F 4.2 mm (MNHN-Na 16353).
Spongicola goyi - Goy, 2015, Zootaxa: 307, Holotype & allotype: New Caledonia. MUSORSTOM 4, stn CP217, 22°03.6’S, 167°27.00’E, 850 m, 29.IX.1985, (MNHN-Na 11986). - Chen et al., 2016, tab. 1, New Caledonia (MNHN IU-2014-6778). - Goy, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 279 - Holotype: New Caledonia. MUSORSTOM 4 Stn CP217, South Grande Terre, 22°3’36”S, 167°20’59”E, 850 m, female ov. 21.9 mm TL, (MNHN-IU-2014-1160). [examined].

Comment(s) on data
Symbiont of deep-water hexactinellid sponges (Demospongia sp., Hexactinellidae sp.,
Hyalonema sp., Euplectella sp. and Pheronema semiglobosum), living in the atrium of hosts

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