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Spheciospongia vagabunda   (Ridley, 1884)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Spheciospongia vagabunda  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Papua New Guinea 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: C: Ref. 84985.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kelly-Borges, M. and P.R. Bergquist, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sponges, ... 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 - 100 m (Ref. 101942).   Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Irregularly shaped. Hispid surface with steep-sided conical projections. Calcitic materials fills in grooves; ostia not visible. Oscula in the apex of the conules is hard to see underwater. Hard and corky texture, not easily compressible and hard to tear. Brown; dark conules than the rest of the body. Tightly packed spicules that criss-crosses each other, with some potruding to the surface.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

Hooper, J.N.A., J.A. Kennedy and R.W.M. van Soest. 2000. (Ref. 81108)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.6 - 29, mean 28 (based on 1320 cells).