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Biemna fortis   (Topsent, 1897)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Biemna fortis  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from San Francisco and Badian, Cebu (Ref. 84985). O: Ref. 84985.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Longakit, M.B.A., F.B. Sotti and M. Kelly, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sponges, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Demospongiae > Poecilosclerida () > Desmacellidae ()

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

Sessile; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 116210).   Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Filter-feeder (Ref. 68823).

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

Sollas, I.B.J. 1902. (Ref. 81744)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 27.5 - 29.3, mean 28.8 (based on 1416 cells).