Verongula rigida, Pitted sponge

Verongula rigida   (Esper, 1794)

Pitted sponge

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Verongiida | Aplysinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Revassocierade; brackvatten; djupintervall 1 - 60 m (Ref. 108813).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm WD hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 415)

Short description Morfologi

Massive-lobate, with membrane-bearing oscula. Yellow, to reddish-brown externally, and bright yellow internally. Surface with ridges: up to 0.5 cm high; that run straight or sinuously, forming angular to honeycomb patterns (Ref. 415).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739. Common on open reef habitats more than 3 m deep (Ref. 415), and in mangroves (Ref. 86836). Inhabits heavily silted lower mesophotic reefs (Ref. 128739).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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

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


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.4 - 28.1, mean 27.4 (based on 545 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.