Samaai, TPillay, RuwendrenJanson, L2019-08-262019-08-262019-04Samaai, T., Pillay, R. & Janson, L. 2019. Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. Zootaxa, vol 4587(1), pp. 1-851175-53261175-5334http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4587.1.1https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4587.1.1http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11102Copyright: 2019 Magnolia Press. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file contains the abstract version of the full-text item. For access to the full-text item, please consult the publisher's website. The definitive version of the work is published in Zootaxa, vol 4587(1), pp. 1-85. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4587.1.133 species of shallow-water Demospongiae (Phylum Porifera) are described from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, on the east coast of South Africa. Of the 33 species collected, 18 are redescribed from fresh material and 15 are new to science. Orders Clionaida, Poecilosclerida, Axinellida, Haplosclerida and Dictyoceratida are well represented in the collection with 4 to 6 species each, with the first three groups appearing to have the greatest diversity on the east coast of South Africa. The east coast of South Africa appears to have a high abundance of poecilosclerid and dictyoceratid sponges. The results of this study underscore the importance of poecilosclerid and dictyoceratid sponge fauna of the east coast of South Africa, in terms of the potential for the continued discovery of new species.enShallow-water DemospongiaWetlandsZoologyArticleSamaai, T., Pillay, R., & Janson, L. (2019). Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11102Samaai, T, Ruwendren Pillay, and L Janson "Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa." (2019) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11102Samaai T, Pillay R, Janson L. Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. 2019; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11102.TY - Article AU - Samaai, T AU - Pillay, Ruwendren AU - Janson, L AB - 33 species of shallow-water Demospongiae (Phylum Porifera) are described from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, on the east coast of South Africa. Of the 33 species collected, 18 are redescribed from fresh material and 15 are new to science. Orders Clionaida, Poecilosclerida, Axinellida, Haplosclerida and Dictyoceratida are well represented in the collection with 4 to 6 species each, with the first three groups appearing to have the greatest diversity on the east coast of South Africa. The east coast of South Africa appears to have a high abundance of poecilosclerid and dictyoceratid sponges. The results of this study underscore the importance of poecilosclerid and dictyoceratid sponge fauna of the east coast of South Africa, in terms of the potential for the continued discovery of new species. DA - 2019-04 DB - ResearchSpace DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4587.1.1 DP - CSIR KW - Shallow-water Demospongia KW - Wetlands KW - Zoology LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 SM - 1175-5326 SM - 1175-5334 T1 - Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa TI - Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11102 ER -