Callyspongia vaginalis, Branching vase sponge
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Callyspongia vaginalis   (Lamarck, 1814)

Branching vase sponge

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Belize country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Glover's Reef Atoll (Ref. 85586), and in a mangrove pond at Manatee Cay, Pelican Cays (Ref. 86836, 86789), and in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay (Ref. 87209). Inhabited by Leucothoe ashleyae and Leucothoe kensleyi (Ref. 82302, 86735). C: Refs. 838, 85586, 82302, 86735, 86836, 83912, 87209; O: Ref. 086786, 86789.
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lesser, M.P., 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Branching tube sponge, ... more

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

Demospongiae | Haplosclerida | Callyspongiidae

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

Reef-associated; brackish; depth range 2 - 70 m (Ref. 108813).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic and Western Central Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 415)

Short description Morphology

Cylindrical, to funnel shaped tubes: 5 - 30 cm high, 1 - 10 cm diameter, 1 - 10 cm thick. Gray color with golden, pink or greenish tinges. Surface smooth or with thorn like conules up to 1 cm high, 0.3 - 1 cm apart. Compressible and elastic (Ref. 415).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Common on reefs (Ref. 415) and hard bottoms where coral is not dense in depths between 2 to 70 m (Ref. 85482). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836). In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay (Ref. 87209).

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

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)

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

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.8 - 28.5, mean 26.7 (based on 584 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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