Decapoda - Stenopodidea - Spongicolidae - Spongicola
| Spongicola levigatus Hayashi & Ogawa, 1987 |
World Distribution
Saito & Komai (2008, Zoosystema: 113) - Japan, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands and Tonga, 200-480 m
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 200-480 m
New Caledonia data
Spongicola levigatus - Saito & Komai (2008, Zoosystema: 113) - New Caledonia. BIOCAL, stn DW 83, 20°35.07’S, 166°53.99’E, 460 m, 6.IX.1985, 1 M 3.9 mm, 2 ovig. FF 4.4, 4.6 mm (MNHN-Na 11981). MUSORSTOM 4, stn CP 214, 22°53.80’S, 167°13.90’E, 425-440 m, 28.IX.1985, 5 MM 2.9-4.4 mm, 7 ovig. FF 3.3-4.7 mm, 2 FF 3.2, 4.4 mm (MNHN-Na 11987). — Stn DW 230, 22°52.50’S, 167°11.80’E, 390-420 m, 30.IX.1985, 3 ovig. FF (not measured) (MNHN-Na 11974). — Same data, 1 M 3.3 mm, 2 ovig. FF 3.0, 3.2 mm (MNHN-Na 11985). SMIB 1, stn DW 02, 22°51.9’S, 167°13’E, 415 m, 5.II.1986, 1 M 3.1 mm (MNHN-Na 16309). MUSORSTOM 5, stn CP 332, 20°17.44’S, 158°48.86’E, 400 m, 15.X.1986, 1 M 2.7 mm, 1 ovig. F 2.5 mm (MNHN-Na 16310). BIOGEOCAL, stn DW 307, 20°35.38’S, 166°55.25’E, 470- 480 m, 1.V.1987, 1 F 5.6 mm (MNHN-Na 11961). (Project name not indicated), DP 184, 1 M 2.0 mm, 1 ovig. F 1.8 mm (MNHN-Na 16345). Loyalty Islands. MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW 391, 20°47.35’S, 167°05.70’E, 390 m, 13.II.1989, 4 MM 2.8-3.3 mm, 5 ovig. FF 2.8-3.4 mm, 1 F 2.6 mm (MNHN-Na 16311). — Stn DW 406, 20°40.65’S, 167°06.80’E, 373 m, 15.II.1989, 2 MM 2.4, 2.8 mm, 1 ovig. F 2.4 mm (MNHN-Na 11963). — Stn DW 412, 20°40.60’S, 167°03.75’E, 437 m, 3 MM 1.8-2.6 mm, 1 ovig. F 2.1 mm (MNHN-Na 16312). — Stn DW 487, 21°23.30’S, 167°46.40’E, 23.II.1989, 3 ovig. FF 2.8 mm (2 specs not measured) (MNHN-Na 11965).
Spongicola levigatus - Goy, 2015, Zootaxa: 308, New Caledonia. BIOCAL, stn DW83, 20°35.07’S, 166°53.99’E, 460 m, 6.IX.1985, 1 male, 2 females (1 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-Na 11981).—MUSORSTOM 4, stn CP214, 22°53.80’S, 167°13.90’E, 425–440 m, 28.IX.1985, 3 males, 11 females (8 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum with alpheids (MNHN-NA11987).—MUSORSTOM 4, stn CP213, 22°51.3’S, 167°12’E, 405–430 m, 28.IX.1985, 4 males, 8 females (5 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum (USNM 256955).—MUSORSTOM 4, stn DW230, 22°52.50’S, 167°11.80’E, 390–420 m, 30.IX.1985, 1 male, 2 females ov. in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-Na 11985).— MUSORSTOM 4, stn, DW230, 22°52.5’S, 167°11.8’E, 390–420 m, 30.IX.1985, 3 females (1 ov.) in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-Na 11974).—BIOGEOCAL, stn DW307, 20°35.38’S, 166°55.24’E, 470–480 m, 1 female (MNHN-Na 11961).—Loyalty Islands. MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW391, 20°47.35’S, 167°05.70’E, 390 m, 13.II.1989, 4 males, 6 females (5 ov.) (MNHN-Na 16311).—MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW406, 20°40.65’S, 167°06.80’E, 373 m, 15.II.1989, 2 males, 1 female ov. (MNHN-NA 11963).—MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW487, 21°23.30’S, 167°46.40’E, 500 m, 23.II.1989, 2 females ov. in Pheronema semiglobosum (MNHN-NA 11965).
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Spongicola levigatus - Saito & Komai (2008, Zoosystema: 113) - Wallis and Futuna Islands. MUSORSTOM 7, stn CP 609, 13°21.5’S, 176°08.5’W, 430 m, 26.V.1992, 1 M 2.9 mm, 1 ovig. F 4.1 mm (MNHN-Na 16313). Tonga. BORDAU 2, stn CP 1511, Tongatapu, 21°08’S, 175°22’W, 384-402 m, 31.V.2000, 3 MM 2.4-3.0 mm, 1 ovig. F 2.6 mm (MNHN-Na 16314).
Comment(s) on data
Symbiont of deep-water hexactinellid sponges (Hyalonema sp., Semperella sp., Pheronema
semiglobosum and Euplectella sp.), living in the atrium of hosts
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database