Xestospongia muta   (Schmidt, 1870)

Giant barrel sponge

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Xestospongia muta  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Haplosclerida | Petrosiidae

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

Riff-verbunden; brackwasser; tiefenbereich 0 - 69 m (Ref. 415).  Tropical

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 250 cm WD Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 99323)

Kurzbeschreibung Morphologie

Barrel shaped, with thick walls. Purple to red brown externally, tan internally. Surface with protuberances with round or blade-like outlines. Brittle and crumbly in consistency. Oscules on the inner side of vase; 0.2 - 0.3 cm (Ref. 415).

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739.. Maximum length refers to base diameter (Ref. 99323). Common on reef environments (Ref. 415). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836). Inhabits shallow coral reefs, coral communities, coralline algae reefs, algal nodules, and mesophotic reefs (Ref. 128739).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

Broadcast spawner.

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

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

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

Nutzung durch Menschen


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.4 - 28.2, mean 27.5 (based on 519 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278): sehr niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert mehr als 14 Jahre. (K=0.04).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Unknown.