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Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
Ball sponge| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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| This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. |
| Tethya aurantium AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS |
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Demospongiae | Tethyida | Tethyidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Sessile. Temperate
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Northeast Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Short description Morphology
Rounded elevations and depressions on surface, with elevations echinated by the spicules. Tesselation absent. Megasclere: rounded base; apex usually blunt but sometimes sharp; styli faintly tylote, no oxea nor strongyla. Microsclere: very small chiasters; larger and more massive spherasters. Chiasters are most abundant at the surface, forming a close layer, rays: 6 to 9. Spherasters rarely spined; unevenly scattered through the ectosome; rare in the choanosome.
Known from rock pools (Ref. 88951).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | 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
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Hooper, J.N.A., J.A. Kennedy and R.W.M. van Soest. 2000. (Ref. 81108)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 10 - 13.2, mean 11.5 (based on 186 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.