Spongia obscura, Grass sponge

Spongia obscura   Hyatt, 1877

Grass sponge

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

Demospongiae | Dictyoceratida | Spongiidae

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

; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 5 m (Ref. 108813).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfologi

Massive growth form.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Combination depth range: min from estimate, max from literature.. Occurs in mangrove ponds (Ref. 86789).

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

Rützler, K., M.C. Diaz, R.W.M. van Soest, S. Zea, K.P. Smith, B. Alvarez and J. Wulff 2000 Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 476, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. (Ref. 86789)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.2 - 28.3, mean 27.1 (based on 270 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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