| Deep-water sponges dredged up in two locations off the west coast of Barbados are systematically described. A total of 69 species is recorded, among which 16 are new to science, viz. Pachymatisma geodiformis, Asteropus syringiferus, Cinachyra arenosa, Theonella atlantica. Corallistes paratypus, Corallistes tubulatus, Scleritoderma cyanea, Spongosorites silquariae, ?Halichondria ruetzleri, Leucophloeus lewisi, Acanthella vaceleti, Bubaris flagelliformis, Biemna oxeata, Phlyctaenopora halichondrioides, Echinochalina melana, Strongylophora stoneae. Of each species illustrations of the habit and/or the skeletal architecture and spiculation are provided. A review of West Indian deep water sponges is given in the form of tables of records of deep water sponges... |
