Spongia officinalis, Greek bathing sponge: fisheries

Spongia officinalis

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Spongia officinalis
Greek bathing sponge

Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759

Family:

Spongiidae ()

picture (Spoff_u0.jpg) by Mehmet Aydin

Image of Spongia officinalis, Greek bathing sponge, eponge fine grecque, Esponja de ba�o, Esponja de bano griega

| Native range | All suitable habitat | Year 2050 |

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Spongia officinalis AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

Order:

Dictyoceratida ()

Class:

Demospongiae

SeaLifeBase name:

Greek bathing sponge

Max. size:

Environment:

sessile; marine; depth range 5 – 76 m

Climate:

subtropical

Importance:

fisheries: highly commercial; price category: not marketed/unknown

Resilience:

Vulnerability:

Distribution:
Gazetteer

Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Morphology:

Sponge: variable; generally massive; round, but being able equipped with regular lobes (especially at the large specimens); or with large conical lobes osculus. Surface equipped with many small conules regular. Osculus: 0.3 to 1 cm in diameter; often raised. Primary fibers: 0.005 to 0.01 cm diameter; very few formed at their end in the conules by the anastomoses of several fibers; and containing some foreign bodies. The secondary fibers: 0.002 with 0.0035 cm of diameter; in tightened network sometimes finest close to surface. Coloring: color varying of the a little yellowish white to the black according to illumination, whitish with color of rust inside

Biology:

Maximum size: Can exceed 35 cm in diameter. Depth: common between 5 m (under the overhangs) and 40 m; rare between 40 and 76 m. Importance: The fine sponge; used especially for the toilet, is exploited mainly in Greece, but with a weak production (Ref. 363).

Red List Status:

Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 7800)

Dangerous:

Main Ref:

Vacelet, J. 1987. (Ref. 363)

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Pacres-Urriquia, Lealde

Entered:
Dar, Christine

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