Hippospongia communis, Honey comb : fisheries

Hippospongia communis   (Lamarck, 1813)

Honey comb

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Dictyoceratida | Spongiidae

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

; djupintervall 5 - 80 m (Ref. 363).  Subtropical; 46°N - 25°N, 19°W - 36°E

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm WD hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 363)

Short description Morfologi

Massive sponge; on surface equipped with conules very irregularly dispersed. A thin and generally smooth ectosome covers the surface gaps. Sponge: traversed great gaps méandriformes. Rare primary fibers: 0.0060 to 0.01 cm diameter; formed by the anastomoses of several fibers at their end in the conules; and containing foreign bodies. Secondary fibers: 0.0025 to 0.003 cm diameter. Coloring: darkish gray with yellowish on the surface, often brown white orange inside (Ref. 363).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Importance: It is the principal species currently exploited. The essence of the production comes from Tunisia. It is used for the domestic uses, the toilet and certain industries (Ref. 363). Common between 5 and 30 m of depth, would go down up to 80 m to Libya (Ref. 363).

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

Vacelet, J. 1987 Éponges. p. 137-148. In Fischer, W., M. L. Bauchot and M. Schneider. 1987. Fiches FAO d' identification des espèces pour les besoins de la pêche. (Revision 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37. Volume I. Végëtaux et Invertébrés. Publication préparée par la FAO, résultant d'un accord entre la FAO et la Commission des Communautés européennes (Project GCP/INT/422/EEC) financëe conjointement par ces deux organisations. Rome, FAO, Vol.1. (Ref. 363)

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

  Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiellt viktig
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Verktyg

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Internet-källor

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): 15.2 - 21.6, mean 18.8 (based on 158 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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