Sponges (Porifera) associated with the decorator crab Macrocoeloma nodipes (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867): three new records for Mexican waters

By

Hernández-Solis, Pablo Alberto
Priego-Martínez, Isabel
Ugalde, Diana
Leon-Deniz, Lorena Violeta

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-3-11

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

21

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

255--263

Subjects

Campeche Bank , ecological associations , epibiosis , Gulf of Mexico

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/21.2.255

 

Abstract

Sponges and decapods share diverse ecological interactions, including epibiosis in which sponges colonize crab carapaces. We report three sponge species—Stelletta kallitetilla (Laubenfels, 1936), Hymeniacidon heliophila (Wilson, 1911), and Haliclona (Reniera) manglaris Alcolado, 1984—on the decorator crab Macrocoeloma nodipes (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867) collected from the Campeche Bank (southern Gulf of Mexico), presenting new records for Mexican waters. Our research highlights the importance of describing ecologically associated species and offers insights into the presence of sponge species not previously reported in Mexico.