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Biodiversity pattern of subtidal sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Penghu Archipelago (Pescadores), Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Yusheng M. Huang ,
Nicole J. de Voogd ,
Daniel F. R. Cleary ,
Tsung-Hsuan Li ,
Hin-Kiu Mok  and
Jinn-Pyng Ueng
Yusheng M. Huang*
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Sports and Recreation, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Magong City, Taiwan Department of Aquaculture, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Magong City, Taiwan Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
Nicole J. de Voogd
Affiliation:
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
Daniel F. R. Cleary
Affiliation:
Departemento de Biologia, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Tsung-Hsuan Li
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Hin-Kiu Mok
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Jinn-Pyng Ueng
Affiliation:
Department of Aquaculture, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Magong City, Taiwan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to:Y.M. Huang, Department of Marine Sports and Recreation, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Magong City, Taiwan email: yusheng@gms.npu.edu.tw
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Abstract

Sponge-related research in Taiwan has primarily focused on natural product exploration. This research has, however, been hampered by a lack of fundamental work on sponge taxonomy and ecology. In the present study, subtidal sponges were photo-recorded in situ and collected by scuba diving at a depth range of 2–20 m from 2009 to 2012 in 16 different sites surrounding the Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan. Sponge samples were identified to the lowest taxonomic level based on skeletal morphology and spicules. A total of 53 species belonging to 24 families and 10 orders were identified in this study. The number of sponge species per site ranged from 0 to 24. The most widely distributed sponge species was Callyspongia (Euplacella) cf. communis (Carter, 1881) followed by Haliclona (Gellius) cymaeformis (Esper, 1794), and Aaptos suberitoides (Brøndsted, 1934). At one location, Chipeiyu, no sponges were observed. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination revealed relatively low similarity among most sampling sites. Large- and small-scale hydrological and habitat features are probably responsible for compositional variation of sponge assemblages among groups of sampling sites. Our richness analyses suggest that many more sponge species remain to be discovered in the Penghu Archipelago.

Keywords

biodiversityspongesPenghu ArchipelagodistributionDemospongia
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 96 , Issue 2: Proceedings of the 9th World Sponge Conference held in Fremantle Australia in 2013: New Frontiers in Sponge Science , March 2016 , pp. 417 - 427
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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