Spongia tubulifera

Spongia tubulifera   Lamarck, 1814


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Spongia tubulifera  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Dictyoceratida | Spongiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

; Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 1 - 3 m (Αναφ. 108813).  Tropical; 25°C - 33°C (Αναφ. 86836)

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 14.0 cm H αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 82103)

Short description Μορφολογία

Maximum Width: 0.5 cm. Height: 0.5 - 1 cm. Massive sponge, with oscular tubes. Brown to black in color externally, tan internally. Conulose surface, some tubercle-like projections: few mm high, 0.2 - 0.3 cm wide. Compressible.

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Size of ocular tubes is 0.5cm in width, and 1cm in height (Ref. 415). Maximum size refers to that of colony which is also 14cm in height (Ref. 82103). Found in lagoons (Ref. 82103) and is common to rare on mangrove roots (Ref. 415). Hosts alpheid shrimps on its canals (Ref. 83410).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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 Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Αναφ. 415)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2024-2)


CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24 - 28.2, mean 27.3 (based on 407 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Unknown.