Axinella verrucosa   (Esper, 1794)

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Axinella verrucosa

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

Demospongiae | Axinellida | Axinellidae

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

Sessile.  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 100.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 358)

Short description Morphology

Species can reach 1 m height. The ramifications are of cylindrical section; and are deprived of protuberances and peaks yellow coloring to orange; more rarely pink (Ref. 358).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum Heigth: 100 cm. Biology: the sponge being provided with choanocytes, able to generate considerable currents of exchange, they frequently proliferate on sites where water stagnates completely. On the other hand, this species, against this observation of a general nature, affect in one rather zones where mixing is dynamic (Ref. 358). Habitat: Generally on hard funds and inside caves under navy (Ref. 358).

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

Göthel, H. 1992. (Ref. 358)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.