| Spongiidae () |
| 30 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
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sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 200 m |
| Eastern Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Canary Islands, north to Liguria, Italy, east to Ras Ech-Chekkaa, Lebanon. |
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Massive sponge; on surface equipped with conules very irregularly dispersed. A thin and generally smooth ectosome covers the surface gaps. Sponge: traversed great gaps méandriformes. Rare primary fibers: 0.0060 to 0.01 cm diameter; formed by the anastomoses of several fibers at their end in the conules; and containing foreign bodies. Secondary fibers: 0.0025 to 0.003 cm diameter. Coloring: darkish gray with yellowish on the surface, often brown white orange inside (Ref. 363). |
| Minimum depth based from Ref. 363. Importance: It is the principal species currently exploited. The essence of the production comes from Tunisia. It is used for the domestic uses, the toilet and certain industries (Ref. 363). Common between 0.5 and 30 m of depth, would go down up to 80 m to Libya (Ref. 363). Found in caves, coralligenous communities, seagrass meadows, and rocky, detritic, and muddy bottom in depths of 1 to 200 meters (Ref. 124162). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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