Xestospongia muta, Giant barrel sponge
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Xestospongia muta   (Schmidt, 1870)

Giant barrel sponge

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Xestospongia muta  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Haplosclerida | Petrosiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त; खारा; गहराई सीमा 0 - 69 m (संदर्भ 415).  Tropical

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 250 cm WD पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 99323)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

Barrel shaped, with thick walls. Purple to red brown externally, tan internally. Surface with protuberances with round or blade-like outlines. Brittle and crumbly in consistency. Oscules on the inner side of vase; 0.2 - 0.3 cm (Ref. 415).

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739.. Maximum length refers to base diameter (Ref. 99323). Common on reef environments (Ref. 415). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836). Inhabits shallow coral reefs, coral communities, coralline algae reefs, algal nodules, and mesophotic reefs (Ref. 128739).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Broadcast spawner.

Main reference संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés 2005 Photographic identification guide to some common marine invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3):638-707. (संदर्भ 415)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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साधन

अधिक जानकारी

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
पारिस्थितिकी
Population dynamics
बाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Life cycle
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
Fecundity
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Physiology
Oxygen consumption

इंटरनेट स्रोत

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, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.4 - 28.2, mean 27.5 (based on 519 cells).
लौटाव (Ref. 69278): बहुत नीचे, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 14 महीने। (K=0.04).
Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Very high vulnerability (87 of 100).
Price category (संदर्भ 80766): Unknown.