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Chondropsis lamella is a lamellar, upright or massive growing marine sponge.
The oscules visible in living specimens are small, slightly raised and transparent.
The marine sponge is brownish-orange in color and has an areolated surface.
The examined material from Mozambique agrees with the original description of Chondropsis lamella (Lendenfeld, 1888) from Australia; only the color is different: brownish-orange in the examined specimens, instead of greyish-pink; this difference may be due to the type of foreign bodies that the sponge uses in very large quantities to build its skeleton.
Chondropsis lamella has an Indo-Pacific distribution and has already been detected in the Mozambique area.
The hydrozoan Zyzzyzus warreni Calder, 1988 (class Hydrozoa, phylum Cnidaria) was found in a sample of the sponge.
Synonyms:
Phoriospongia lamella Lendenfeld, 1888 - unaccepted (genus transfer)
Phoriospongia lamella var. osculata Lendenfeld, 1888 - unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Phoriospongia lamella var. panis Lendenfeld, 1888 - unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Psammascus lamella (Lendenfeld, 1888) - unaccepted (genus transfer)
Literature reference:
Calcinai, Barbara & Belfiore, Giuseppe & Pica, Daniela & Torsani, Fabrizio & Palma, Marco & Cerrano, Carlo. (2020).
Porifera from Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique).
European Journal of Taxonomy. 10.5852/ejt.2020.698.
CC BY 4.0
The oscules visible in living specimens are small, slightly raised and transparent.
The marine sponge is brownish-orange in color and has an areolated surface.
The examined material from Mozambique agrees with the original description of Chondropsis lamella (Lendenfeld, 1888) from Australia; only the color is different: brownish-orange in the examined specimens, instead of greyish-pink; this difference may be due to the type of foreign bodies that the sponge uses in very large quantities to build its skeleton.
Chondropsis lamella has an Indo-Pacific distribution and has already been detected in the Mozambique area.
The hydrozoan Zyzzyzus warreni Calder, 1988 (class Hydrozoa, phylum Cnidaria) was found in a sample of the sponge.
Synonyms:
Phoriospongia lamella Lendenfeld, 1888 - unaccepted (genus transfer)
Phoriospongia lamella var. osculata Lendenfeld, 1888 - unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Phoriospongia lamella var. panis Lendenfeld, 1888 - unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Psammascus lamella (Lendenfeld, 1888) - unaccepted (genus transfer)
Literature reference:
Calcinai, Barbara & Belfiore, Giuseppe & Pica, Daniela & Torsani, Fabrizio & Palma, Marco & Cerrano, Carlo. (2020).
Porifera from Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique).
European Journal of Taxonomy. 10.5852/ejt.2020.698.
CC BY 4.0
