Decapoda - Stenopodidea - Spongicolidae - Spongicoloides

Spongicoloides sonne Schnabel, Kou & Zu, 2021

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World Distribution
(Schnabel et al., 2021, MDPI, Diversity) - New Caledonia (2380 m) (from Goy, 2015), Kermadec and Norfolk ridges (1184-1460 m). - Confirmed in New Zealand, 1184–1460 m. Also, sequence only, pending morphological examination: Vanuatu, 1210–1250 m (MNHN-IU 2013-19622).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1184-2380 m

New Caledonia data
Spongicoloides novaezelandiae - Goy, 2015, Zootaxa: 311, New Caledonia. in part sp. CALSUB Plongée 04, N. Lifou, 20°35’S, 167°12’E, 2380 m, 23.II.1989, in Euplectella sp., 1 female (MNHN-Na 11999). - See Schnabel et al. (2021) - The figured CALSUB specimen (MNHN-NA 11999 [IU-2013-19487]) (Goy [13]: Figures 9A and 10A) shows a distinct antennal spine on the anterolateral margin of the carapace (rounded in S. novaezelandiae) and a distinctly spinose ischium of the third pereiopod (smooth in S. novaezelandiae). Additionally, the rostrum reaches at least to the distal end of the second antennular article (reaching the end of the first article in S. novaezelandiae). These characteristics match those of S. sonne sp. nov. described and discussed below.

Spongicoloides sonne Schnabel, Kou & Zu, 2021, MDPI, Diversity: 33 - Specimen reported by Goy (2015), Lifou, 20°35’S, 167°12’E, 2380 m, 23.II.1989, in Euplectella sp., 1 female (MNHN-Na 11999).

Comment(s) on data
In hexactinellid sponges (Corbitella sp, Euplectella sp).

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