Hippospongia lachne, Sheepswool sponge : fisheries, aquaculture
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Hippospongia lachne   (de Laubenfels, 1936)

Sheepswool sponge

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Hippospongia lachne  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Dictyoceratida | Spongiidae

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

Sessile; non-migratory; depth range 5 - 15 m (Ref. 108813).  Tropical; 28°N - 8°N, 89°W - 113°E

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific and Western Central Atlantic: from Belize north to Bahamas, south to Tamil Nadu India and east to China.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 28.7 cm OT male/unsexed; (Ref. 125998); max. reported age: 16 years (Ref. 125998)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 125927. Maximum length = diameter (Rref. 125998).

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

Engel, S. and J.R. Pawlik 2005 Interactions among Florida sponges. I. Reef habitats. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 303:133-144. (Ref. 837)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

Tools

E-book | Field guide

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Internet sources

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

Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.19; tmax=16)
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.