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Sponges in Alacranes Reef National Park (ARNP), Gulf of Mexico, Mexico
Description
Counts of 41 species of sponges in 36 transects of 20 m * 1 m across 8 sites around ARNP
Usage
data("sponges")Format
A data frame with 36 observations on the following 42 variables.
siteFactor w/ 6 levels
Agelas.clathrodesa numeric vector
Agelas.dispara numeric vector
Agelas.tubulataa numeric vector
Agelas.wiedenmayeria numeric vector
Aiolocroia.crassaa numeric vector
Amphimedon.copressaa numeric vector
Aplysina.archeria numeric vector
Aplysina.cauliformisa numeric vector
Aplysina.fistularisa numeric vector
Aplysina.fulvaa numeric vector
Aplysina.insularisa numeric vector
Aplysina.lacunosaa numeric vector
Callyspongia.pliciferaa numeric vector
Callyspongia.vaginalisa numeric vector
Callispongia.fallaxa numeric vector
Callispongia.armigeraa numeric vector
Cliona.delitrixa numeric vector
Cliona.variansa numeric vector
Cribochalina.vascoluma numeric vector
Dragmacidon.sp.a numeric vector
Dysidea.variabilisa numeric vector
Ectyoplasia.feroxa numeric vector
Geodia.neptunia numeric vector
Hymeniacidon.caeruleaa numeric vector
Iotrochota.birotulataa numeric vector
Igernella.notabilisa numeric vector
Ircinia.felixa numeric vector
Ircinia.strobilinaa numeric vector
Monanchora.arbusculaa numeric vector
Mycale.laxissimaa numeric vector
Mycale.laevisa numeric vector
Nipahtes.amorphaa numeric vector
Niphates.erectaa numeric vector
Niphathes.digitalisa numeric vector
Phorbas.amaranthusa numeric vector
Scopalina.rutzleria numeric vector
Svenezea.flavaa numeric vector
Spirastrella.coccineaa numeric vector
Verongula.reswiguia numeric vector
Verongula.rigidaa numeric vector
Xestospongia.mutaa numeric vector
Details
This data corresponds to a pilot study about sponge biodiversity in reef habitats in the Yucatán shelf (Ugalde et al., 2015)
Source
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3911.2.1
References
Ugalde, D., Gomez, P., & Simoes, N. (2015). Marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Gulf of Mexico, new records and redescription of Erylus trisphaerus (de Laubenfels, 1953). Zootaxa, 3911(2), 151-183.
Examples
data(sponges)
str(sponges)