Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814)

Pink vase sponge

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

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Niphates digitalis AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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رده بندی / Names اسامي عام | مترادف | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Haplosclerida | Niphatidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / تغييرات عمق / distribution range بوم شناسي

وابسته به آب سنگ; لب شور; تغييرات عمق 0 - 18 m (مرجع 108813). Tropical

Distribution كشورها | مناطق سازمان خوار و بار جهاني (FAO) | Ecosystems | ظهور | معرفي

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / سن

بلوغ: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

توصيف مختصر ريخت شناسي

Grows in either in vase-, tube- or cup-shape, broadening upward from the base up to 50 cm in height. Fan-shape rare; may be globular or tubular in small specimens. Surface smooth or with conules or soft spines up to 6 mm in height ; coarsely porous. Color varies from pale purplish pink to light bluish to grayish green or gray. Compressible. Small round oscules present inside the vase or cup. A fringe of soft spines usually connected by a transparent membrane is present at the apical opening (Ref. 85482).

On coral reefs and hard bottoms (Ref. 85482), and in mangroves (Ref. 86836). Commensal with amphipods (Ref. 86735). In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay at a depth of 10 m (Ref. 87209).

Life cycle and mating behavior بلوغ | تولید مثل | تخم ریزی | 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.