TABLE 1 in The Sponges of the Carmel Pinnacles Marine Protected Area

TABLE 1. Taxonomic overview of collected samples and the standard of evidence supporting each identification (Y = yes, '–' = no).
ClassOrderFamilySpeciesNew speciesSpicule prep.*cox128SDemospongiaePoeciloscleridaHymedesmidaeHymedesmia prominaYY–YPhorbas nebulosusYYYYHemimycale polyboletus–YYYAcanthancora cyanocrypta––––MicrocionidaeClathria unoriginalisYYYYClathria rumsenaYY–YClathria microjoanna–YYYClathria parthena–YYYAntho lithophoenix–Y–YAcarnidaeMegaciella sanctuariumYYYYAcarnus erithacus––––MycalidaeMycale lobosYY––Mycale psila–Y––HaploscleridaPetrosiidaeXestospongia ursaYY–YNeopetrosia problematica––––ChalinidaeHaliclona melissaeYY–YNiphatidaeAmphimedon trindanea––––SuberitidaHalichondriidaeHalichondria lomaYYYYHymeniacidon fusiformisYY–YScopalinidaScopalinidaeScopalina carmelaYYYYScopalina jali–Y–YAxinellidaAxinellidaeDragmacidon mexicanum––––RaspailiidaeEndectyon hyle–YYYBubaridaBubaridaeObruta collectorYYYYClionaidaClionaidaeCliona californiana–YYYTethyidaTethyidaeTethya californiana––––TetractinellidaAncorinidaeStelletta clarella–Y––CalcareaLeucosolenidaAmphoriscidaeLeucilla nuttingi–Y–YLeucosoleniidaeLeucosolenia sp.––––
*Species without a spicule prep. were documented via field photos only