Biemna caribea

Author
Pulitzer-Finali, 1986

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
3 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • hard substrate
  • submerged vegetation (seaweeds, mangrove roots)
References

  • Laubenfels, M. W. de. 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper No. 467) 30: 1–225.

  • Little, F. J., Jr. 1963. The sponge fauna of the St. George’s Sound, Apalachee Bay, and Panama City regions of the Florida Gulf coast. Tulane Studies in Zoology 11: 31–71.

  • Storr, J. F. 1964. Ecology of the Gulf of Mexico commercial sponges and its relation to the fishery. Special Scientific Report 466, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. 73 pp.

Endnotes

  • Treated as Toxemna tubulata (Dendy, 1905) by de Laubenfels (1936), Little (1963), and Storr (1964).

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

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. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-09-2024.

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