Kauaʻi record · KCA-WOI-00004
Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) hawaiiana
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About Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) hawaiiana
This bright orange sponge spreads over reef surfaces and into spaces among Porites colonies. Sieve-like pore fields mark the surface, alongside conspicuous oscula. The texture is spongy. The reconstructed colony follows the living Hawaiian material illustrated in the 2017 morphological study.
The Kauaʻi evidence comes from a historical source record dated 2002, retained as “Lissodendoryx hawaiiana” in Appendix A printed p. 68 of the cited survey. This preserves evidence of the reported occurrence; it does not establish present-day distribution or abundance. The historical source name and the current name are retained together so the record can be traced through taxonomic changes.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) hawaiiana
- Family
- Coelosphaeridae
- Order
- Poecilosclerida
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historical source record (2002); current presence not reassessed
- Origin
- Origin not yet resolved
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- This orange encrusting sponge has conspicuous fields of small pores and larger water outlets. Historically reported from Kauaʻi (2002).
Sources and further reading
- Coles, S.L., P.R. Reath, K. Longenecker, H. Bolick & L.G. Eldredge. 2004. Assessment of nonindigenous marine species in harbors and on nearby coral reefs on Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a. — Appendix A printed p. 68
- Núñez Pons, Calcinai & Gates (2017) — Hawaiian sponge taxonomy
- Recovery taxonomy reconciliation — World Porifera Database