Six new species of Umimayanthus (Zoantharia: Parazoanthidae) from Western Australia and eastern Indonesia (2007-2018)

URLhttps://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=australian_umimayanthus
Repository URL https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/
Node OBIS Australia
Published2025-02-14 02:54
First registered2025-02-14 02:57
Abstract

The zoantharian genus Umimayanthus consists largely of species that live in obligate symbioses with sponges. Sponge

specimens in museum collections from Western Australia and eastern Indonesia were inspected for any or new Umimayanthus species. Six new species were discovered and redescribe another species described over a century ago.

CitationMontenegro, J., Fromont, J., Richards, Z., Kise, H., Gomez, O., Hoeksema, B. W., and Reimer, J. D. (2024). Museum collections as untapped sources of undescribed diversity of sponge-zoantharian associations with the description of six new species of Umimayanthus (Zoantharia: Parazoanthidae) from Western Australia and eastern Indonesia. Contributions to Zoology, 93(5), 466-522. https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-bja10069
Citation ID https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-bja10069
RightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License
Keywords Occurrence, Specimen
Contacts
Creator Javier Montenegro
University of the Ryukyus and Western Australian Museum
Contact Javier Montenegro
University of the Ryukyus and Western Australian Museum
Metadata Provider OBIS Australia Node manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
Publisher OBIS Australia Node manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre

Statistics

Occurrence records 39
Species level 10
Absence records 0
Event records 0
MoF records 0
Sequence records 0
Species 5
Taxa 8
Time range 2007 - 2018

This dataset has appeared in 224 downloads in 2025, with a total of 8,692 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 13
Not marine 0
No WoRMS match 13
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 2 0
minimumDepthInMeters 2 0
scientificNameID 26 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 0
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 0

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Umimayanthus Montenegro, Sinniger & Reimer, 2015
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
26
Endectyon (Endectyon) thurstoni (Dendy, 1887)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
3
Phakellia Bowerbank, 1862
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2
Clathria (Thalysias) cactiformis (Lamarck, 1814)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2
Ectyoplasia vannus Hooper, 1991
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2
Endectyon (Endectyon) fruticosum (Dendy, 1887)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2
Endectyon Topsent, 1920
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
1
Sigmaxinella soelae Hooper, 1984
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
1

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Data providers

Name OceanExpert ID
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure 20942
University of the Ryukyus and Western Australian Museum

Occurrences

scientificNameeventDatedecimalLongitudedecimalLatitudecollectionCodecatalogNumber