Spongia (Heterofibria) sucrensis sp. nov. (Dyctioceratida: Spongiidae): a new sponge species from the Colombian Caribbean

The new species Spongia (Heterofibria) sucrensis sp. nov, that was collected in breakwaters in the municipality of Covenas, department of Sucre (Colombian Caribbean) is described. This is a massive sponge, with erect and creeping lobes or branches; skeleton of ascending primary fibers cored with foreign material; secondary and pseudotertiary fiber meshes cored dominate the skeleton; lighter pseudotertiary fibers connected to the other fiber types or forming a reticulum within secondary fibers meshes. This finding constitutes the first record and description of a species of the subgenus Heterofibria for Colombia and the Caribbean, which raises to nine the species number of the genus for the Caribbean and three for Colombia.