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)
On deck specimen photographed by R.W.M. van Soest, collected by M.J. de Kluijver, Seychelles, S of La Digue, 16 m, Netherlands Indian Ocean Expedition, 23-12-1992