Table 2 Sponge species found associated to mangrove prop roots of Rhizophora mangle at Isla del Carmen, Campeche

Species

E1

E2

E3

E4

E5

B

C

EG

SJ

Myrmekioderma cf. rea **

x

Echinodictyum cf. dendroides *

x

Cliona celata ***

x

x

Pione lampa **

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Coelosphera (Coelosphera) fistula **

x

x

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) carolinensis **

x

x

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) isodictyalis ***

x

x

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) spinulosa **

x

Mycale (Carmia) magnirhaphidifera ***

x

x

x

x

x

Mycale (Carmia) microsigmatosa **

x

Clathria (Microciona) sp. **

x

x

x

x

Tedania (Tedania) ignis **

x

x

x

Suberites aurantiacus **

x

x

Terpios cf. fugax **

x

x

x

x

x

x

Amorphinopsis atlantica ***

x

x

Spongosorites aff. siliquaria **

x

x

x

x

x

x

Halichondria (Halichondria) melanadocia

x

x

Haliclona (Halichoclona) cf. magnifica **

x

x

x

Haliclona (Gellius) aff. tenerrima *

x

x

x

Haliclona (Reniera) implexiformis

x

x

x

x

Haliclona (Reniera) tubifera **

x

Haliclona (Soestella) cf. luciensis *

x

x

x

x

x

x

Haliclona (Soestella) piscaderaensis *

x

Dysidea variabilis ***

x

x

x

x

Dysidea etheria

x

x

x

Hyrtios cf. violaceus ***

x

x

Scalarispongia aff. linteiformis *

x

Chondrosia collectrix **

x

x

x

Chondrilla caribensis f. caribensis

x

Alpha diversity (α)

1

5

4

8

10

13

10

12

13