Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Spongia tampa   de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958

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

Demospongiae | Dictyoceratida | Spongiidae

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

Sessile; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 108813).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Rützler, K., R.W.M. van Soest and C. Piantoni 2009 Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. pp. 285-313 In Felder, D.L.; Camp, D.K. (eds.) Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. (Ref. 108813)

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Tools

Internet sources

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, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models