First record of the coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota in the Maldives and Indian Ocean.

1 Department of Biotechnologies and Biosciences, University of Milan-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy. 2 MaRHE Centre (Marine Research and High Education Center), Magoodhoo Island, Faafu Atoll, Republic of Maldives. 3 Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan. 4 Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan. * Corresponding author email: .