The encrusting sponge Hymedesmia (Stylopus) methanophila sp. nov. and the branching sponge Iophon methanophila sp. nov. colonize asphalt seeps at Campeche Knolls. a Geographic location of Campeche Knolls and the sponge collection sites, Chapopote and Mictlan. b MARUM-QUEST ROV image of H. (S.) methanophila and I. methanophila at Chapopote. Galatheid crabs graze on the sponges. Figure 1 from Rubin-Blum et al. (2019)
Holotype, GNMPorifera907. (A) Tylote. (B) Acanthostyle II. (C) Acanthostyle I. (D) Close-up of basal part of acanthostyle I. (E). Sigma. (F) Isochelae I. (G) Isochelae II. (Figure 2 in Cárdenas & Thollesson (2016))