Timea curacaoensis n. sp. (Figs 4 A–E) Holotype. ZMA Por. 16887, Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao, near Carmabi, 12.124°N - 68.975°W, in reef cavity at approx. 10 m, 10-2001, coll. S. Scheffers #35. Description. Thinly encrusting, microlobate and microhispid; size of now fragmented holotype 15 x 3 x 1.5 mm. Live color not noted, off-white in alcohol. Skeleton. Individual tylostyles are erect on the substrate, tyles down. Pointed ends protrude far beyond the surface. The tylostyles are partly hidden by a dense layer of asters. Spicules. Tylostyles and two categories of asters, one of which has branching rays. Tylostyles (Figs 4 A–B) with elongate tyles, often style-like or with subterminal tyles, 299- 834.2 - 1357 x 2 - 8.2 -14 µm Larger asters (Figs 4 C–D), seemingly but not truly asymmetrical, with 4–5 rays which have 2 or 3 secondary branches, juvenile large asters have smooth rays, while adult asters have thicker rays, often with a few spines along the shaft, and they have proliferated terminal branches, ... : Published as part of Van, Rob W. M., 2009, New sciophilous sponges from the Caribbean (Porifera: Demospongiae), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 2107 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187789 ...