Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759

Greek bathing sponge

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050

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Spongia officinalis AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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Spongia officinalis

Classification / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Dictyoceratida | Spongiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / গভীরতার পরিসীমা / distribution range বাস্তুসংস্থান

; গভীরতার পরিসীমা 5 - 76 m (সূত্র 363), usually 5 - 40 m (সূত্র 363). Subtropical; 46° - 25°

Distribution দেশ সমূহ | এফ এ ও এলাকাসমূহ | বাস্তুতন্ত্র | দৃষ্টিগোচর | প্রচলন

Mediterranean. Reports from the Indo-West Pacific, Caribbean must checked.

Length at first maturity / আকৃতি / Weight / Age

পরিপক্কতা : L_m ? range ? - ? cm

Short description বহিঃ অঙ্গ সংস্থান

Sponge: variable; generally massive; round, but being able equipped with regular lobes (especially at the large specimens); or with large conical lobes osculus. Surface equipped with many small conules regular. Osculus: 0.3 to 1 cm in diameter; often raised. Primary fibers: 0.005 to 0.01 cm diameter; very few formed at their end in the conules by the anastomoses of several fibers; and containing some foreign bodies. The secondary fibers: 0.002 with 0.0035 cm of diameter; in tightened network sometimes finest close to surface. Coloring: color varying of the a little yellowish white to the black according to illumination, whitish with color of rust inside

Maximum size: Can exceed 35 cm in diameter. Depth: common between 5 m (under the overhangs) and 40 m; rare between 40 and 76 m. Importance: The fine sponge; used especially for the toilet, is exploited mainly in Greece, but with a weak production (Ref. 363). Found in the littoral areas particularly coral reefs with rock substrates (Ref. 82063). Common between 5 m (under the overhangs) and 40 m; rare between 40 and 76 m (Ref. 363). Filter-feeder (Ref. 68823).

Life cycle and mating behavior পরিপক্কতা | প্রজনন | ডিম ছাড়া | Eggs | ডিম্বধারন ক্ষমতা | 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.