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Ceratoporella nicholsoni   (Hickson, 1911)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Ceratoporella nicholsoni  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 108813.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rützler, K., R.W.M. van Soest and C. Piantoni, 2009
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Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Agelasida () > Astroscleridae ()

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

; distribuzione batimetrica 13 - 150 m (Ref. 108813).   Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfologia

Round masses. Color: cinnamon-tan, cream, orange. Morphology: encrusting, massive. Consistency: hard.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found only in deep reef crevices (Ref. 81728). In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay (Ref. 87209).

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

Zea, S., T.P. Henkel and J.R. Pawlik. 2009. (Ref. 81728)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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): 21.4 - 27.5, mean 25.2 (based on 86 cells).