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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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Panama 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: Known from Bocas del Torro (Ref. 415).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bleeding cake sponge, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Verongiida () > Aplysinidae ()

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

; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 3 - 52 m (Ref. 415).   Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfologia

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.

Biologia     Glossario (es. 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 Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

Human uses


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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.5 - 28, mean 26.5 (based on 290 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.