Chondrilla nucula, Chicken liver sponge

Chondrilla nucula   Schmidt, 1862

Chicken liver sponge

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

Demospongiae | Chondrillida | Chondrillidae

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

Revassocierade; brackvatten; djupintervall 3 - 20 m (Ref. 415).  Subtropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm OT hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 415)

Short description Morfologi

Thin to thick encrusting: 0.2 - 4 cm to massive amorphous. The surface is smooth, shiny with oscules regularly distributed; 0.2 - 1 cm wide. Dark brown to walnut brown or beige, externally, and tan internally. The consistency is soft, elastic and tough (Ref. 415).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 108813. Maximum thickness: 4 cm (ref. 415). Thick on mangroves and thin on coral reefs (Ref. 415). In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay (Ref. 87209).

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 Photographic identification guide to some common marine invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3):638-707. (Ref. 415)

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


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.5 - 28.2, mean 27.1 (based on 850 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.