Neopetrosia rosariensis   (Zea & Rützler, 1983)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Haplosclerida | Petrosiidae

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

Sessile; depth range 2 - 30 m (Ref. 415).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean: Panama, Canary Islands and Colombia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 78.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 415)

Short description Morphology

Cylindrical tubes: 4 - 78 cm high, 2 - 13 cm wide; emerge from basal mass. Dark reddish-brown externally, tan internally. Hard and dense. Smooth to the touch, with rugose and uneven parts, Sometimes covered by zooanthids. Oscules on the inner wall of tubes; 0.06 - 0.34 cm wide (Ref. 415).

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

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: Version 2024-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.7 - 28.3, mean 26.9 (based on 185 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.