A new neotropical and southernmost distributional record of freshwater sponge dosilia radiospiculata (Mills, 1888) (Porifera: Demospongie: Spongillidae) from Honduras

Figures & data

Figure 1. Previous records (PR) of D. radiospiculata from North America and Mexico (Green circle), taking from different sources following the taxonomic arrangement by Cândido et al. [4], and the new recorded (NR), which is a Pacific distribution in Honduras (red triangle).

Figure 2. Locality, where the sponge was collected. A) Iztoca River during dried season; B) organism attached to rock, C) organism with a small insect marked with red arrow.

Figure 3. Structures taken by SEM to identify the specie Dosilia radiospicluata in this study. A) Gemmule with surface armed by gemmuloscleres; B) close-up of the gemmular outer layer with long and short gemmuloscleres; C) pseudobirotule; D) young gemmulosclere; E) birotules; F) microscleres (oxeas and anfioxeas).

Cândido JL, Volkmer-Ribeiro C, Fürstenau-Oliveira K. Dosilia (Porifera, Demospongiae) redefined. Iheringia Sér Zool. 2010;100(4):425–448

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