Suberites domuncula, Sea-orange

Suberites domuncula   (Olivi, 1792)

Sea-orange

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

Demospongiae | Suberitida | Suberitidae

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

Sessile; depth range 0 - 1100 m (Ref. 119523).  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 358)

Short description Morphology

Sponge of more or less spherical form. Maximum diameter: 10 cm. Smooth surface; comprising only some small channels; often even one and single. Consistency charnue; not very elastic. Variable coloring; of orange to the marbled light blue.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum diameter: 10 cm (Ref. 358). Established on the shells inhabited by the bernards the hermit, and attends primarily the muddy funds and with sandy tendency, more rarely the mattes racinaires of the underwater herbaria. Biology: the species is fixed primarily on the shells inhabited by Paguristes eremita, the Bernard the hermit. The 2 partners being recipients of this association, one will speak about a true symbiosis. This spongiae escapes thus from its condition from sedentary invertebrate, and a mobility acquires which allows him inter alia diffusing its gamètes more widely sexual. Also benefiting from the food of the host, the sponge increases moreover the extent of its food resources. The sponge having covered entirely the shell with the Bernard the hermit, continues his growth by increasing space and by preserving the direction spiral of the shell, the pagure does not need progressively to seek its growth of new refuges. In addition, the spongiae secretes toxic and repulsive substances, which hold predatory shellfish remotely, which, in the final analysis, enjoys a higher protection and a flexible personal habitat (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 Guide de la faune sous-marine: La Méditerranée. Invertébrés marins et poissons. Eygen Ulmer GmbH & Co. 318 p. (Ref. 358)

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): 13.3 - 16.3, mean 14.3 (based on 24 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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