Clathria prolifera

Author
Ellis & Solander, 1786
Common Names
  • Red Beard Sponge

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
15 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Boreal and subtropical West Atlantic (New England, North Carolina, Florida)
Habitat-Biology
  • epibiotic
  • hard substrate
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
  • submerged vegetation (seaweeds, mangrove roots)
References

  • Green, G. 1977c. Sinopsis taxonómica de trece especies de esponjas del arrecife La Blanquilla, Veracruz, México. Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (Universidad Autónoma de México) 4: 79–98.

  • Kaminskaya, L. D. 1971. Sponges of the upper sublittoral of the north-western part of the Cuban platform. Issledovania centralno Amerikanskij Morei 3: 112-121. (In Russian.)

  • 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.

  • Teerling, J. 1975. A survey of sponges from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. PhD Dissertation, University of Southwestern Louisiana. Lafayette, Louisiana. 187 pp.

Endnotes

  • Treated as Microciona by Little (1963), Kaminskaya (1971), Teerling (1975), and Green (1977c).

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, 05-13-2024.

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