Spongia agaricina : fisheries

Spongia agaricina   Pallas, 1766


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Dictyoceratida | Spongiidae

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

Sessile; depth range 4 - 100 m (Ref. 363), usually 4 - 60 m (Ref. 363).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 100.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 363)

Short description Morphology

Sponge out of thick blade: 0.6 to 2 cm; sometimes cut out or folded up on it, often forming a more or less complete cut. One of the faces, the intern on the specimens out of cut, carries many osculus of small size, rather regularly laid out, towards which converge of small exhaling channels surface. Conules: small size; rather regular. Ectosome often reinforced by an arenaceous network. Composite primary fibers: 5 - 8 cm diameter; with foreign bodies. Secondary fibers: 0.0025 to 0.0035 cm; with sometimes a fine fiber network from 0.0006 to 0.001 cm on the surface. Color: dark gray with more or less dark chestnut.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Species very good fair average quality, formerly much used in industry (polishing of the ices). Restricted production; collected at decorative ends (Ref. 363). Association: Often parasitized by the cirripède Acasta spongites (Ref. 363).

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

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

Fisheries: highly commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.3 - 21.6, mean 18.3 (based on 268 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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