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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Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Haplosclerida | Niphatidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / Mức độ sâu / distribution range Sinh thái học

Cùng sống ở rạn san hô; Thuộc về nước lợ; Mức độ sâu 0 - 18 m (Tài liệu tham khảo 108813). Tropical

Distribution Các nước | Các khu vực của FAO | Các hệ sinh thái | Những lần xuất hiện | Những chỉ dẫn

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Weight / Age

Chín muồi sinh dục: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

Short description Hình thái học

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 Chín muồi sinh dục | Sự tái sinh sản | Đẻ trứng | Eggs | Sự sinh sản | 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.