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Aiolochroia crassa   (Hyatt, 1875)

Branching tube sponge

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Aiolochroia crassa  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Belize country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from mangrove ponds at Cat Cay and Fisherman's Cay, Pelican Cays (Ref. 86836, 86789). C: Ref. 86836, 83912; O: Ref. 86789.
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Diaz, M.C. and K. Ruetzler, 2009
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bleeding cake sponge, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Verongiida () > Aplysinidae ()

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

; salobre; rango de profundidad 3 - 52 m (Ref. 415).   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfología

Massive to lobate. Surface has knob-shaped conules; 0.3 - 0.4 cm high; up to 1 cm apart. Dense like cheese. Oscules with membranes; 1 - 2 cm wide; on top of lobes (Ref. 415). External is usually bicolored but highly variable at purple, greenish, red-brown, orange or bright yellow. Internal color is bright lemon yellow. Exudate is dark; turns bluish after air exposure for about an hour.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739. Common in reefs (Ref. 85482) and sea grass (Ref. 415). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836). Hosts alpheid shrimps in its canals (Ref. 86626). Inhabits coral communities. Found in shallow coral reefs and mesophotic depths (Ref. 128739).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)

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): 23.5 - 28, mean 26.5 (based on 290 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.