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Spheciospongia confoederata   De Laubenfels, 1930


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Spheciospongia confoederata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Mexico country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Central Baja California
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gotshall, D.W., 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Gray moon sponge, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Demospongiae > Clionaida () > Clionaidae (Boring sponges)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; depth range 0 - 26 m (Ref. 865).   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Central Pacific: Central California to central Baja California.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 865)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Massive, smooth, gray with leathery texture, numerous crater-like oscula on the outer ridge (Ref. 865). May grow to thickness of 30 cm and 100 cm in length (Ref. 865).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Demospongiae are hermaphroditic. Life cycle: The zygote develops into parenchymella larva (free-swimming) before settling down on a substrate where it grows into a young sponge.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14 - 22.3, mean 17.8 (based on 44 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.